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Meet Chandigarh’s Harmeet Dhillon, Named Assistant Attorney General By Trump
US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American Harmeet K Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice.
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Trump Nominates Indian-American Harmeet Dhillon For Top Civil Rights Post
US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday nominated Indian-American Harmeet K Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice.
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Malcolm X's Family Sues FBI, CIA Over His Murder, Seeks $100 Million
Malcolm X, a civil rights leader, was assassinated on February 21, 1965, in Upper Manhattan.
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How African-Americans Fought For The Right To Vote In US Presidential Elections
In the aftermath of the Civil War, with the abolition of slavery formalised by the 13th Amendment in 1865, approximately 4 million freed Black Americans were eager to secure their place as full citizens, including the critical right to vote.
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Republican Harmeet Dhillon Leads Sikh Prayers At Convention, Trump Present
Harmeet Dhillon, a civil rights attorney and Republican Party leader led Sikh prayer 'ardas' at the Republican National Convention in the presence of presidential nominee Donald Trump, in Milwaukee today.
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Amazon Must Comply With US Rights Agency's Pregnancy Bias Probe: Judge
A New York federal judge has ordered Amazon.com to comply with a subpoena from a US civil rights agency investigating claims that the online retailer discriminated against pregnant warehouse workers.
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"I Know It Angers You": Joe Biden As He Faces Gaza Protest At US College
US President Joe Biden said Sunday he heard the voice of Gaza war protesters as some students turned their backs on his graduation ceremony speech at the former university of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.
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Columbia University Faces Civil Rights Case Over Protesters Arrests
A pro-Palestinian US group filed a federal civil rights complaint against Columbia University following last week's mass arrest of anti-war protesters after the school called police to clear demonstrator encampments, the group said on Thursday.
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US Probe Opened Over Harvard University's "Legacy Admissions" Policy
The US Department of Education has opened a civil rights investigation into Harvard University's policy of giving family members of former students and donors preference in admissions decisions, documents showed Tuesday.
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Joe Biden To Designate Civil Rights Monument Amid Fresh Racism Row
President Joe Biden is set to designate a new national monument memorializing the brutal 1950s lynching of Emmett Till, with the White House framing the symbolic act as part of a fight against resurgent racism.
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US Blacklists Sri Lanka Governor Over War Killings
The United States said Wednesday it would refuse visas on human rights grounds to a Sri Lankan provincial governor who had been charged with killings during the island's long civil war.
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US Caste Discrimination Case Against 2 Indian-Origin Engineers Dismissed
The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) has dismissed a caste discrimination case against two Indian-origin Cisco engineers, a decision welcomed by the Hindu American foundation.
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Receives "The Emissary Of Peace" Award In US
Indian spiritual leader and global humanitarian Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was bestowed with the prestigious "The Emissary of Peace" award by the National Civil Rights Museum in the US city of Memphis.
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Twitter Advertisers Face Pressure From Rights Activists After Elon Musk Reinstates Donald Trump's Account
Twitter advertisers are facing calls from a coalition of civil rights activists to issue statements on pulling ads from the microblogging service, days after new owner Elon Musk reinstated the account of former US President Donald Trump. The groups in the Stop Toxic Twitter coalition complained that Musk had vowed to advertisers that Twitter would ...
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SpaceX Employees Fired for Criticising Elon Musk Accuse Firm of Violating US Labour Law
SpaceX employees who were fired after have filed a complaint with the US National Labor Relations Board, after they were fired for circulating an open letter calling out CEO Elon Musk’s behaviour in June. details The complaint details the aftermath of what allegedly happened inside SpaceX after employees circulated the letter in June, which, amon...
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Meet Chandigarh’s Harmeet Dhillon, Named Assistant Attorney General By Trump
US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American Harmeet K Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice.
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Trump Nominates Indian-American Harmeet Dhillon For Top Civil Rights Post
US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday nominated Indian-American Harmeet K Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice.
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Malcolm X's Family Sues FBI, CIA Over His Murder, Seeks $100 Million
Malcolm X, a civil rights leader, was assassinated on February 21, 1965, in Upper Manhattan.
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How African-Americans Fought For The Right To Vote In US Presidential Elections
In the aftermath of the Civil War, with the abolition of slavery formalised by the 13th Amendment in 1865, approximately 4 million freed Black Americans were eager to secure their place as full citizens, including the critical right to vote.
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Republican Harmeet Dhillon Leads Sikh Prayers At Convention, Trump Present
Harmeet Dhillon, a civil rights attorney and Republican Party leader led Sikh prayer 'ardas' at the Republican National Convention in the presence of presidential nominee Donald Trump, in Milwaukee today.
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Amazon Must Comply With US Rights Agency's Pregnancy Bias Probe: Judge
A New York federal judge has ordered Amazon.com to comply with a subpoena from a US civil rights agency investigating claims that the online retailer discriminated against pregnant warehouse workers.
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"I Know It Angers You": Joe Biden As He Faces Gaza Protest At US College
US President Joe Biden said Sunday he heard the voice of Gaza war protesters as some students turned their backs on his graduation ceremony speech at the former university of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.
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Columbia University Faces Civil Rights Case Over Protesters Arrests
A pro-Palestinian US group filed a federal civil rights complaint against Columbia University following last week's mass arrest of anti-war protesters after the school called police to clear demonstrator encampments, the group said on Thursday.
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US Probe Opened Over Harvard University's "Legacy Admissions" Policy
The US Department of Education has opened a civil rights investigation into Harvard University's policy of giving family members of former students and donors preference in admissions decisions, documents showed Tuesday.
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Joe Biden To Designate Civil Rights Monument Amid Fresh Racism Row
President Joe Biden is set to designate a new national monument memorializing the brutal 1950s lynching of Emmett Till, with the White House framing the symbolic act as part of a fight against resurgent racism.
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US Blacklists Sri Lanka Governor Over War Killings
The United States said Wednesday it would refuse visas on human rights grounds to a Sri Lankan provincial governor who had been charged with killings during the island's long civil war.
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US Caste Discrimination Case Against 2 Indian-Origin Engineers Dismissed
The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) has dismissed a caste discrimination case against two Indian-origin Cisco engineers, a decision welcomed by the Hindu American foundation.
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Receives "The Emissary Of Peace" Award In US
Indian spiritual leader and global humanitarian Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was bestowed with the prestigious "The Emissary of Peace" award by the National Civil Rights Museum in the US city of Memphis.
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Twitter Advertisers Face Pressure From Rights Activists After Elon Musk Reinstates Donald Trump's Account
Twitter advertisers are facing calls from a coalition of civil rights activists to issue statements on pulling ads from the microblogging service, days after new owner Elon Musk reinstated the account of former US President Donald Trump. The groups in the Stop Toxic Twitter coalition complained that Musk had vowed to advertisers that Twitter would ...
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SpaceX Employees Fired for Criticising Elon Musk Accuse Firm of Violating US Labour Law
SpaceX employees who were fired after have filed a complaint with the US National Labor Relations Board, after they were fired for circulating an open letter calling out CEO Elon Musk’s behaviour in June. details The complaint details the aftermath of what allegedly happened inside SpaceX after employees circulated the letter in June, which, amon...
