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March 17, 2024

LWV Files Lawsuit to Block AI Robocalls

An Attempt to Undermine Voting Rights

U S Immigration Policies

How the Refugee System Works

Why Populations Become Refugees

Commission on the Status of Women

A Global Blueprint for Economic Justice

States News

WVA removes marriage as a defense for sexual abuse

Lansing lawmakers advance FIOA bills

U S Senator Lankford of OK blocks IVF for Vets

Wisconsin election deniers skirt campaign finance laws

Artifical Intelligence Undermines Voting Rights

League of Women Voters file lawsuit to block AI

LWV-US and LWV-NH filed a lawsuit in the U. S. District Court of New Hampshire against Steve Kramer, Lingo Telecom, and Life Corporation, who together delivered robocalls to New Hampshire residents.

New Federal Lawsuit Challenges Use of Artificial Intelligence in U.S. Elections to Undermine Voting Rights - Free Speech For People

Following robocalls featuring deepfaked President Biden's voice urging people not to vote in the New Hampshire Primary, the League of Women Voters has filed a federal lawsuit to block the use of AI technology to intimidate, threaten, coerce, or deceive voters.

U S Immigration Policies

How the Refugee System Works

What is a refugee? Where do they come from? How are they screened and approved? What role do states and local governments play? Do refugee populations pose security risks?

How Does the U.S. Refugee System Work?

The Council on Foreign Relations: The United States has long been a safe haven for refugees from around the world, and continues the work to expand the country's resettlement program.

Why Populations Become Refugees

Wars, persecution, and instability have driven the number of refugees to historic highs.

Why the world's swelling refugee population has shrinking options: closing borders, no where to go, the backlash.

Repairing a broken system: International relief experts say there are three possibilities to obtain a durable solution in which refugees reclaim rights associated with citizenship but they are being rejected.

The Council on Foreign Relations, an independent, nonpartisan organization, has provided this analysis to help governments, business leaders, civic leaders, and citizens understand our broken humanitarian system.

The World's Swelling Refugee Population Has Shrinking Options

What is a refugee? A quarter billion people worldwide live outside their country of nationality . One-tenth of them are refugees. While most migrants are fleeing poverty and seeking opportunity, refugees are running from acute threats: barrel bombs in Syria, razed villages in Myanmar, or repression and crime in Venezuela.

Commission on the Status of Women

A global blueprint for economic justice and rights

Generation Equality calls for feminist financing and collective action for women's economic justice.

At CSW68, Generation Equality calls for feminist financing and collective action for women's economic justice | UN Women - Headquarters

From improving women and girls' economic participation in Tanzania, to re-shaping the care economy in Canada, Generation Equality commitments are robustly supporting action across sectors and ushering transformative change. At this year's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), Generation Equality hosted an event focused on feminist financing, sharing innovative solutions to advance gender quality and women's economic justice and rights."

State News

Bill to remove marriage as a defense heads to governor for signature WVaWatch

Michigan Senate approves cap on payday loan interest rates MichiganAdvance

Nevada gets federal approval to test out Medicaid funds for housing NevedaCurrent

Court: 'Religious motivation' doesn't exempt Catholic Charities from unemployment insurance WisconsinExaminer

Murrill among AGs who oppose Maine "Shield Law' for reproductive, gender affirming care StatesNews

Election deniers skirted campaign finance laws in Wisconsin BrennanCenter

Indiana governor signs controversial bill to make it easier to purge voter rolls DeomcracyDocket

FOIA expansion to the governor and Legislature makes it out of Michigan Senate Committee MichiganAdvance

Colorado lawmakers pass bill to narrow open meetings law for legislature ColoradoNewsline

'Game Changer:' Amendment for public dollars to nonpublic schools clears General Assembly KentuckyLantern

GOP U. S. Senator Lankford of Oklahoma blocks bill expanding IVF for Vets, service members NCNewsline

Texas Medical Board to consider issuing guidance on abortion laws' medical exceptions TxTribune

A call for comprehensive support in complex pregnancies KentuckyLantern

5th Circuit upholds Texas law requiring minors to obtain parental consent for contraception TxTribune

Nebraska is down to two clinics providing abortion appointments in the state NebraskaPubMedia

State by State abortion access status StatesNews

For Your Information

Amid the battle over abortion rights, a failure to agree on how to define abortion StatNews

Growing OBGYN shortages are threatening maternal health; abortion bans may make them worse LownInst

Examining proposals to address housing affordability, availability, and other community needs CBPP

PragueU is a video giant. Why it's trying to get into schools NPR

An overview of affordable housing needs at the state level NLIHC

Conservatives are warning about noncitizens voting. It's a myth with a long history NPR

What's behind the corporate effort to kneecap the National Labor Relations Board Epi

Litigation Highlight: First Circuit upholds Massachusetts large-capacity magazine ban DukeCenter

Conference acts to promote random case assignment USCrts.gov

How a complicated benefits system lets some fall through the safety net CodeAm

The Short List: Seven ways platforms can prepare for the U.S. 2024 elections ProtectDemocracy

Trump Trial Clearinghouse JustSecurity

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