SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 2 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2023: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the selection of Laphonza Butler - the President of the nation's largest organization dedicated to electing women, EMILY's List - to complete the United States Senate term of the late Senator Dianne Feinstein, which runs through 2024. Butler, a longtime senior adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris, labor leader, and advocate for women and  more

LONG BEACH, California, Oct. 3 -- California State University issued the following news release: Dr. Mildred Garcia has begun her tenure as the California State University (CSU) chancellor, making history as the first Latina to lead the nation's largest four-year public university system. Chancellor Garcia succeeds Chancellor Emerita Jolene Koester, who led the university in an interim role since May 2022. Chancellor Garcia is past president of the American Association of State Colleges and Un  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following submission on Oct. 3, 2023, to the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam: * * * Introduction This submission highlights Human Rights Watch's concerns regarding the human rights situation in Vietnam. Since its third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January 2019, Vietnam's human rights situation deteriorated significantly. The Communist Party of Vietnam seeks to maintain its monopoly of power by arbitrarily arresting and prosecuting   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 -- The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights issued the following news on Oct. 3, 2023: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced that the January 6th Select Committee members will be presented with the 2023 Ripple of Hope Award during the organization's annual gala on Wednesday, December 6 in New York City. Chairman Bennie Thompson, Vice Chair Liz Cheney, Rep. Pete Aguilar, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Rep. Elaine Luria, Rep. Stephanie Murphy, Rep. Jamie Raskin, and Re  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 5 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2023: Yale Law School Dean Heather K. Gerken announced today the launch of the Ronnie F. Heyman '72 Crossing Divides Program, designed to foster discourse across the political and ideological spectrum and reinforce the core values of lawyering. The program, made possible by a generous gift from Ronnie Heyman, will establish a formal speaker series that brings together high-profile leaders from opposi  more