Activists rally in Washington, D.C. in support of VAWA on June 26, 2012Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images From ColorLines: When President Obama signed the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) in 2013, he enacted legislation that allows Native American tribes to use their own courts to prosecute non-Natives accused of committing…
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From NPR: In the late 1960s, Native Americans fed up with what they saw as years of mistreatment by the federal government formed an organization known as the American Indian Movement. Founded in Minnesota, the group followed in the footsteps of the civil rights movement and took up protests across…
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From Indian Country Today: When North Carolina announced earlier this year that it intends to be the first state to compensate victims of decades-ago sterilization programs, it renewed a nationwide debate over the need to acknowledge and amend the travesties of similar programs in other states. Tens of thousands of…
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Here we go: Employment Opportunity Commission Ruling Protects Transgender Individuals From Workplace Discrimination “The opinion came in a decision delivered on Monday, April 23, to lawyers for Mia Macy, a transgender woman who claims she was denied employment with the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) after the…
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From AIUSA: On February 2nd, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Originally passed in 1994, VAWA has combined criminal justice, social services and community-based initiatives to enhance the prevention and response to violence against women. This reauthorization is all the more crucial…
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