SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 31 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following proclamation on Jan. 30, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring January 30, 2024, as Fred Korematsu Day. The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: Fred Korematsu did not set out to become a civil rights hero, but his bold decision at the age of 23 to challenge the policy of Japanese internment forever altered the course of history. This year, as we commemorate   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today met with leaders from Chicago's People for Community Recovery, the organization at the heart of the founding of the Environmental Justice movement. Duckworth spoke with People for Community Recovery Executive Director Cheryl Johnson and Deputy Director Courtney Hanson about how she, as a co-founder of the U.S. Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, can continue wor  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Postal Service issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: The U.S. Postal Service today celebrated the remarkable contributions of Judge Constance Baker Motley (1921-2005), a civil rights pioneer and judiciary trailblazer, as the 47th honoree in the Black Heritage stamp series. A dedication ceremony for the stamp was held today at the Constance Baker Motley Recreation Center in New York. News about the stamps is being shared with the hashtags #Constance  more

BUFFALO, New York, Feb. 1 (TNSres) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * On latest episode of Driven to Discover, communication professor talks the nonverbal cues that give away our real feelings * * * Working nights during college as a bouncer, Mark Frank discovered he could learn a lot about people by observing their facial expressions and body language. "A bar is quite an interesting little laboratory and you end up getting  more