New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he is open to reparations for the city's role in slavery, a position that could put the nation's largest city on a direct collision course with the Trump administration's Department of Justice. In an interview with The Root, Mamdani said he would await the findings of an ongoing […] The post NYC Mayor Mamdani signals openness to reparations for slavery, inviting a federal legal collision appeared first on American Almanac .
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he is open to reparations for the city's role in slavery, a position that could put the nation's largest city on a direct collision course with the Trump administration's Department of Justice. In an interview with The Root, Mamdani said he would await the findings of an ongoing city reparations review before committing to specifics but made clear he views the effort as a moral obligation. He framed New York's historical ties to slavery as deeper than many Americans realize, pushing back on the assumption that complicity in the slave trade was limited to the South. Newsmax reported that Mamdani's remarks represent a willingness to consider reparations, a stance consistent with the progressive…Open
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on June 30 to accept a sweeping reparations action plan for Black residents, and the county supervisor leading the effort told Fox News Digital that direct cash payments remain on the table. The 5-0 vote came after more than two years of research and community engagement by […] The post Alameda County approves reparations plan — and won't rule out cash payments appeared first on American Almanac .
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on June 30 to accept a sweeping reparations action plan for Black residents, and the county supervisor leading the effort told Fox News Digital that direct cash payments remain on the table. The 5-0 vote came after more than two years of research and community engagement by the Alameda County Reparations Commission. The plan calls for major structural overhauls in housing, economic development, education, healthcare, and criminal justice, all aimed at addressing the historical treatment of Black residents in the East Bay county. But it is the question of taxpayer-funded cash that deserves the closest scrutiny. Supervisor Nate Miley, the District Four member described as the…Open
'Consistent with Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause, we hold that the States may maintain women’s and girls’ sports for biological females,' wrote Justice Kavanaugh.
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states can ban transgender girls from girls' school sports teams, handing conservative states a historic victory in their fight to restrict trans rights. Why it matters: The decision caps a yearslong, Republican-led push through statehouses and school boards to define girls' sports by sex assigned at birth. - The case also hands that movement its sharpest weapon yet for coming fights over bathrooms, IDs and gender-affirming care. Driving the news: In West Virginia v. B.P.J. , the justices held that the state's ban on trans girls in girls' sports does not violate either Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause. - The court also upheld a similar Idaho law in Little v. Hecox. - Justice Brett Kavanaugh…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states can legally restrict women's sports to biological females, affirming the legality of laws in West Virginia and Idaho.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states can legally restrict women’s sports to biological females, affirming the legality of laws in West Virginia and Idaho. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Title IX permits states to maintain separate sports teams for women and girls based on biological sex, supporting laws in West Virginia and Idaho that bar biological males claiming to be transgender from female sports categories. DETAIL: The decision consolidates West Virginia et al. v. B. P. J. and Little v. Hecox, affirming that these state laws do not violate Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause. The Court emphasized that Title IX’s reference to “sex” pertains to biological sex , not gender…Open
The Justice Department is supporting a lawsuit by Catholic nuns challenging a New York law that forces them to violate their religious beliefs by housing biological men with women.
The Justice Department is supporting a lawsuit by Catholic nuns challenging a New York law that forces them to violate their religious beliefs by housing biological men with women . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ ) is intervening in a lawsuit filed by the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, a group of Catholic nuns, challenging a New York law that mandates long-term care facilities to house transgenders based on gender identity rather than biological sex. The DOJ argues that the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause by forcing religious organizations to act against their beliefs. DETAIL: The Catholic nuns, who operate Rosary Hill Home for indigent cancer patients, contend that the law…Open
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has joined a lawsuit against the city of Evanston in Illinois over its housing "reparations" program.
The Department of Justice has joined a lawsuit against the city of Evanston, Illinois, alleging its housing “reparations” program violates federal anti-discrimination laws. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has joined a lawsuit against the city of Evanston in Illinois over its housing “reparations” program. DETAIL: The DOJ claims that Evanston’s housing program violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Fair Housing Act. The reparations program, which was launched in 2021 , provides payments and housing assistance exclusively to Evanston residents with “origins in any of the Black racial and ethnic groups of Africa” and their descendants who lived in the city during…Open
This is not a minor technical correction. It is a thunderclap — a return to the text and original meaning of both Title VII and the Equal Protection Clause.
Alabama has asked the Supreme Court for permission to use its redrawn congressional map after a lower court blocked it.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Alabama has asked the United States Supreme Court to permit the use of its redistricted congressional map after a lower court blocked its implementation. The new map eliminates a Democrat-leaning majority-minority district, in lines with a Supreme Court ruling that racially gerrymandered districts are unconstitutional. DETAIL: On Wednesday, Alabama officials requested permission from the U.S. Supreme Court to use a new congressional map. The proposed map, which eliminates one of the state’s two Democrat-voting majority-minority districts, was blocked by a lower court on Tuesday. The lower court’s ruling argued that the new map was racially discriminatory. In response to the lower court’s ruling, the…Open