Manhattan, NY

Columbus, OH

Los Angeles, CA

New York Post

A federal judge in a Tuesday ruling ridiculed administrators at the University of California, Los Angeles, for allowing an anti-Israel encampment to block Jewish students’ access to campus — the first court rebuke of demonstrations that descended into antisemitic threats and intimidation at many colleges last spring.

US District Judge Mark Scarsi granted a preliminary injunction set to take effect Thursday that forces UCLA to maintain equal access to programs, activities or campus areas for Jewish and non-Jewish students alike.

In a scathing, 16-page order, Scarsi blasted UCLA’s Board of Regents for openly maintaining in court proceedings thus far that it had...

Fed judge smacks down UCLA over anti-Israel encampment that blocked Jewish students from campus

Ann Arbor, MI

The University of Michigan’s new student government campaigned on a simple message: Until the school agrees to divest from Israel, “No Business As Usual.”. Michigan’s Central Student Government is in charge of disbursing a $1.3 million annual budget, funded by student fees, among hundreds of student groups. But in the wake of its election victory in the spring, the Shut It Down Party is vowing to withhold funding from all student groups unless the university agrees to divest.

U of Michigan’s pro-Palestinian student leaders have vowed ‘no business as usual’ unless the university divests from Israel

University of Michigan security broke up a pro-Palestinian student “die-in” demonstration Wednesday and police arrested four people, in the latest sign that campus activism across the country is resuming as the fall semester begins. None of the four people arrested were students, a university spokesperson told press. One...

College students are already protesting — and getting arrested — over Israel this semester

Fox News

Columbia's Students for Justice in Palestine chapter was kicked off Instagram for repeatedly violating the platform's policies against dangerous organizations and individuals.

Columbia U anti-Israel student group kicked off Instagram for violating 'dangerous organizations' policies

Kentucky State

InsideHook

Drinks giant Brown-Forman (Jack Daniel’s, Old Forester, Herradura) is the latest company to end its corporate diversity, equity and inclusion programs, a rather sudden move given its recent commitments to promoting those ideals among its brands. Per Bloomberg, the company sent a letter to employees last Wednesday noting the...

In a Troubling Sign, Brown-Forman Reportedly Ends Its DEI Policies

South Carolina State

The Center Square

(The Center Square) — Attorneys general from 17 states are suing to stop the federal government from implementing a program they say gives migrant agricultural workers rights that American citizens working farm jobs do not have.
                The coalition of states, led by South Carolina, contends that the U.S. Department of Labor's "Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States" rule effectively grants collective bargaining rights to agricultural migrant workers in the country under the H-2A visa program.
    ...

Judge stops federal program for migrant agricultural workers

Israeli troops have rescued an Israeli hostage from southern Gaza, the military announced Tuesday, the eighth captive held by Hamas to be brought back alive by Israeli forces since Oct. 7. Qaid Farhan al-Qadi, 52, a Bedouin Israeli and father of 11 from the southern city of Rahat, worked as...

Hostage rescued from tunnel in Gaza; Bedouin father of 11 was a security guard on Oct. 7

Ithaca, NY

Mental_Floss

Ithaca, New York, has a lot of offer college students. As do Amsterdam, Netherlands and Edinburgh, Scotland.

The World’s 15 Best College Cities

Wyoming State

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Cheyenne, WY

WyoFile

WHITE MOUNTAIN—“That’s a lot of horses,” lamented Cheyenne resident Robyn Smith from a high-desert ridgeline. It wasn’t her first exasperated exclamation. “Argh, oh crap,” was her immediate reaction to learning a federal judge had given the Bureau of Land Management the OK to proceed with plans to fully remove two wild horse herds from the landscape in southwest Wyoming.

BLM wins two lawsuits, clearing way for elimination of two Wyoming wild horse herds

Denver, CO

David Heitz

Migrants enrolled in the Denver Asylum Seekers Program won’t get cash benefits after all. The council amended a contract with Haven for Hope during the Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee meeting Wednesday. Instead of Haven of Hope providing migrants with cash assistance on debit cards, it will instead provide “culturally appropriate” food, if the change is approved by the full council.

Denver may revoke cash assistance for migrants

Salem, OH

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

In December 2007, the then Brazilian government passed a law to curb the illegal destruction of the rainforest. A study by researchers from the Insper Research Institute in São Paulo and the University of Bonn now shows an interesting side effect: where the measures were implemented, not only did deforestation decrease, but so did the number of homicides.

Environmental policy in Brazil leads to less violence, researchers find

Colorado State

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Maine State

The Maine Monitor

As Maine works to address its housing crisis, much of the attention is focused on the need for new development. But there’s another issue at hand: the state’s aging housing stock.

A look at Maine’s aging housing stock

The Oklahoma City Sentinel

The proliferation of mandatory “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) trainings in workplaces since 2020 has generated a raft of lawsuits nationwide.
                (https://www.oscn.net/dockets/GetCaseInformation.aspx?db=osage&number=CV-2023-00034&cmid=2111069 )
                One notable case, still ongoing, has been filed in Oklahoma.
                (https://advancingdei.meltzercenter.org/cases/ )
                The Meltzer Center for Diversity,...

DEI Trainings spark workplace lawsuits

In recent times, incidents of racial profiling have emerged as critical issues within various sectors, including financial institutions. A notable case involves the rising artist known as ScarLip, who alleged that she was racially profiled by M&T Bank while attempting to wire funds. Such incidents highlight systemic problems that affect minority groups and emphasize the urgent need for banks to examine their policies and training regarding customer interactions.

SCARLIP RACIALLY PROFILED BY M&T BANK FOR TRYING TO WIRE FUNDS & PROMISES TO WITHDRAW ALL OF HER FUNDS & SUE

Louisiana State

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The Lens

During my childhood, when my family visited relatives “across the river,” in Bayou Plaquemine, Bayou Goula, Caddo, the Pointe, and White Castle, my siblings and I would sometimes race up and down the levees, some distance away from the cows grazing there. At the summit of the hill, you could see the Mississippi River waters through stands of trees and brush. It never occurred to me that our “playground” was the living testimony of Black men, prisoners of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola whom the state of Louisiana had re-enslaved in the convict leasing system.

No longer ‘half slave, half free’

Pinedale, WY

PINEDALE—Rep. Albert Sommers (R-Pinedale) lost to a political newcomer in a close-fought contest for a state Senate seat Tuesday, an upset that ousts one of the most influential figures in Wyoming politics in recent years.

Speaker of the House Sommers loses bid for Senate seat

The United States announced sanctions against a nonprofit that has received funding from the Israeli government as well as the civilian security chief of a West Bank settlement. The sanctions are the United States’ latest effort to curb extremism among settlers, and come as violence in the West Bank has...

US sanctions Israeli nonprofit that supports West Bank settlers in latest round of penalties

The federal government will spend nearly $150 million more this year than it did in 2023 to secure religious organizations, a jump aimed at addressing a rise in antisemitism since Oct. 7. The Department of Homeland Security announced last week that it had allocated $454.5 million this fiscal year toward...

US government spends record $454 million to secure religious institutions amid rising antisemitism

New York City, NY

NewsBreak

New School student senate blocks funding to clubs in an effort to demand ‘divestment’ from Israel

The student senate at The New School voted to suspend funding for all student organizations in protest of the university’s Israel policies. The University Student Senate...

New School student senate blocks funding to clubs in an effort to demand ‘divestment’ from Israel

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