NEW YORK, April 25 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * Appeals Court Must Reject Government's Cruel Attempt to Keep Rumeysa Ozturk in Louisiana NEW YORK -- Tonight Rumeysa Ozturk's legal team filed their opposition to the Trump administration's emergency request to an appeals court to pause   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Commends Lawmakers for Visiting ICE Facility Holding Wrongfully-Detained Anti-Genocide Activists Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today commended Louisiana Representatives Troy Carter and Ranking Member of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee Bennie Thompson (MS) for leading a bicameral Democratic congress  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting issued the following news release: * * * CPB Announces Five New Grants Totaling Up to $9.6 Million to Rural Public Broadcasters to Upgrade Emergency Alerting FEMA Lifts Hold on Funds for Next Generation Warning System Grants WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 24, 2025) - The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it has awarded five grants totaling $9.6 million to statewide public broadcasting networks in Louisiana,  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, April 21 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Energy Transfer Drivers Across Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana Demand Vote to Remove Steelworkers Union From Power Nurse contends that union is discriminating against nonmember nurses and violating duty of fair representation Washington, DC (April 21, 2025) - Drivers for Energy Transfer, an oil and gas transportation company with nearly 30 facilities across Texas,   more