Earlier in September, the Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) reached a settlement with the Community Legal Aid Society and the ACLU in a lawsuit regarding solitary confinement for those with mental illness that will usher in major changes.
On Friday, July 29, a three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously struck down key parts of one of the most restrictive voter suppression laws on the books in the U.S. The law, passed by the North Carolina legislature shortly after the
Late last week, 200 Reform Jews and advocates for social justice gathered in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina to launch Nitzavim: Standing Up for Voter Protection and Participation. People traveled from near and far to a state that had passed a voter suppression
Outside of Israel and the United States, it is rare to hear that a Jew has been elected to a national office. Twice this year, though, Jewish leaders in both Uganda and Ukraine have won election to prominent seats in their national governments.
