President Biden's move to ease marijuana restrictions is praised but considered incremental towards legalization, aligning efforts with young voters' interests. [ more ]
NYC to pay $17.5M to settle suit over forced removal of hijabs
New York City settled a lawsuit with $17.5 million with two Muslim women for being forced to remove head coverings during arrest.
The lawsuit led to a change in policy allowing arrested individuals to keep head coverings on for mug shots, except when it obscures facial features. [ more ]
All The Ways That Car Domination Harms Our Communities (Well, Almost All...) - Streetsblog USA
Car domination causes significant global harm beyond just fatalities, impacting almost everyone negatively.
Researchers found that automobility directly leads to 1.67 million deaths yearly, with long-term consequences totaling 60-80 million deaths since the advent of automobiles. [ more ]
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Hundreds of trans people stage dramatic 'die-in' protests across Florida
Transgender activists in Florida are protesting against a policy change that prohibits altering gender markers on state-issued identification cards.
The memo, written by Robert Kynoch of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, stated that allowing gender marker changes undermines the purpose of identification records. [ more ]
Florida Activists Protest Anti-Transgender Policy, Organize Die-Ins Outside DMVs
This article highlights the recent protests in Florida against a policy change that disallows transgender people from changing the gender marker on their driver's license.
The protests are organized by the Youth Action Fund, who argue that this policy change contributes to transgender erasure and could result in potential fraud charges. [ more ]