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Jenny Manrique Especial para El Observador Una generación de gente joven blanca se ha tomado las calles en el medio de una pandemia para protestar no solo por la muerte del afroamericano George Floyd a manos de la policía, sino por el racismo estructural y todo tipo de inequidades...
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BOISE, Idaho – Los grupos de milicias de extrema derecha en el noroeste están explotando los temores sobre COVID-19 y los disturbios civiles para reclutar miembros. Amy Herzfeld-Copple es subdirectora de programas e iniciativas estratégicas del Western States Center, un grupo de derechos civiles que sigue a organizaciones de...
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BOISE, Idaho — Far-right militia groups in the Northwest are exploiting fears about COVID-19 and civil unrest to recruit members. Amy Herzfeld-Copple is deputy director of programs and strategic initiatives with the Western States Center, a civil rights group that follows far-right organizations. She said conspiracy theorists and anti-government and...
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MINNEAPOLIS — All four former Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd now face criminal charges. Justice advocates say they have mixed feelings about the latest developments in the case. The office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is now overseeing the investigation. Ellison says Derek...
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New York, NY – Una coalición de grupos pro-derechos de las personas discapacitadas presentaron una demanda federal contra la Mesa Estatal Electoral de New York (New York State Board of Elections) por excluir a las personas con discapacidades del programa ampliado de voto de los ausentes. Comenta Susan Dooha...
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NEW YORK — A federal lawsuit claims many people with disabilities are being excluded from New York state’s expanded absentee ballot program. To help keep voters safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, New York is allowing anyone to apply for an absentee ballot that can be mailed in rather than going to...
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CONCORD, N.H. – Los obispos episcopales de Nueva Inglaterra unánimemente llaman el lunes la aparición del presidente Donald Trump frente a la Iglesia Episcopal de San Juan en Washington, D.C., como “vergonzosa y moralmente repugnante”. En un movimiento sin precedentes, publicaron una declaración el martes, también condenando el uso...
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CONCORD, N.H. — New England’s Episcopal bishops unanimously are calling out President Donald Trump’s appearance in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., on Monday as “disgraceful and morally repugnant.” In an unprecedented move, they released a statement on Tuesday, also condemning law enforcement use of force and tear gas to...
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