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Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A U.S. federal civil rights agency filed a discrimination lawsuit on Tuesday against the New York …
Read More »Feds to quadruple max fine for airlines violating air passenger bill of rights to $1M
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The federal government says it will quadruple the maximum fine that can be levied against airlines for …
Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act could give Trump a lifeline
The conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court has effectively neutralized a hugely significant piece of voting rights legislation designed to ensure African-American representation in Congress, and the resulting consequences could be wide-reaching and election-changing. In a divided 6-3 decision, the top court ruled Wednesday that a congressional map in …
Read More »Abuse survivors unsatisfied after human rights tribunal settlement comes with NDA
A woman who alleges gender discrimination by York Regional Police isn’t allowed to talk about the terms of her settlement at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, a restriction that transparency advocates say shields public institutions from accountability. In her 2024 complaint to the tribunal, Jeanie McKay alleges she was …
Read More »In a new CUSMA, should Canada offer the U.S. stronger energy rights?
With the future of free trade between Canada and the United States unclear at best, a look to the past could provide hints at where critical exports of energy fit into a deal in the future. Previous versions of the free trade agreements between the two countries used to include …
Read More »Human rights group says at least 70 killed in wake of attack in Haiti’s Artibonite region
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. At least 70 people were killed and 30 injured during an attack near Petite-Rivière in Haiti’s …
Read More »How RCMP spies infiltrated the 1970s Indigenous rights movement
The Mounties called it the “Native extremism program.” Today, it sounds like a spy novel. Intelligence dossiers stuffed with documents. Wiretaps. Paid informants. Covert operatives with code numbers like “A-828.” A Red Power dissident photo album. Surreptitious surveillance at homes, offices, airports and bars. But it wasn’t fiction. In fact, …
Read More »Quebec’s housing tribunal rules no-pet clause in rental lease violates Charter rights
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A recent ruling by Quebec’s housing tribunal has found a rental lease’s “no-pet” clause to be …
Read More »Will the far right’s gains in France’s local elections pave the way to the presidency?
In Hénin-Beaumont, a former mining town ringed by man-made mountains of coal refuse from a bygone age, the streets were nearly deserted on a recent morning in mid-March. Few braved the unrelenting rain to shop at the outdoor market, where sellers often outnumbered customers. Rachid laid out his cleaning products, …
Read More »U.S. civil rights leader Dolores Huerta says Cesar Chavez sexually assaulted her in the 1960s
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. WARNING: This article contains details of sexual abuse and may affect those who have experienced sexual …
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