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0 Shares PURCHASE, N.Y. — LIFEWTR, a premium bottled water brand committed to advancing and showcasing sources of creativity, has partnered with writer, producer and actress Issa Rae for the launch of Life Unseen, the brand’s new platform in the fight for fair representation in the arts. Marking the LIFEWTR brand’s latest endeavor to amplify the unique work and perspectives of diverse creatives, Life Unseen seeks to raise awareness of the systemic disparities that continue to stifle equitable access and exposure across the arts, celebrate the work of diverse creatives and help cultivat...

Project on Fair Representation Releases White Paper Urging States and Jurisdictions to Use Citizen Voting Age Population For Redistricting News provided by Share this article Share this article ARLINGTON, Va., April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Project on Fair Representation (POFR) released a White Paper urging states and sub-jurisdictions to use citizen voting age population rather than total population as the metric for redistricting U.S. election districts. The White Paper can be found at ProjectonFairRepresentation.org. Every ten years States must redistrict to account for populati...

Oregon settles Cares Fund suit, may resume distributing grants to Black Oregonians OregonLive.com 3/12/2021 © Sean Meagher | The Oregonian/OregonLive/oregonlive.com/TNS The Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse. Organizers of the state’s $62 million coronavirus relief fund for Black Oregonians could soon be allowed to resume distributing grant money after agreeing to a settlement with a John Day logging company that challenged the constitutionality of the unique state fund. Popular Searches Pending court approval, the fund could resume paying out aid to Black Oregonians while the s...

In a photo from 2001, students against affirmative action, right, are confronted by another group for affirmative action during the Day of Action to Reverse the Ban on Affirmative Action rally at the University of California-Berkeley [File: AP photo/Jakub Mosur] Like many Americans on election night in November 2020, I nervously awaited the results of the presidential contest between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. But I had an additional reason to be anxious. In my home state of California, voters were given the opportunity to reauthorise the use of affirmative action in state governmental insti...

Advertisement New Administration, New Direction as Acting NLRB General Counsel Rescinds 10 General Counsel Memos and Reverses Course on Neutrality Pacts With Unions Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Substantial changes are afoot at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).  Most notably, these include the firing of the NLRB’s General Counsel Peter Robb and the rescission of ten of Robb’s General Counsel Memoranda. The New Acting General Counsel further ordered the withdrawal of an unfair labor practice complaint against UNITE HERE challenging a pre-recognition neutrality agreement. ...