US prisons hold 25% of world's inmate population, consisted mostly of underprivileged Americans. Groups like Equal Justice Initiative ([http://eji.org link to site and Donation]) provide legal representation to indigent defendants who have been denied fair treatment in the legal ...
The five million strong diasporic Iranian community is now facing discrimination in light of the new U.S. legislation (H.R. 158) that clamps visa restrictions on people who travel to Iran. Although Iranian Americans were both victims and life savers in recent San Bernardino ...
[http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/01/nyregion/lawyer-is-refused-boarding-on-la-guardia-flight-after-revolving-door-mix-up.html The New York Times]: A prominent Iranian-American Texas lawyer was not allowed to board a Virgin America flight home from New York last November because of ...
[http://www.paaia.org/CMS/paaia-applauds-resolution-and-removal-of-recusal-order-in-tabaddor-case-.aspx PAAIA]: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has settled with an Iranian-American immigration judge. The federal lawsuit filed by Tabaddor (Case No.14-cv-06390, Tabaddor v. Holder ...
Dennis Hastert, a once powerful Republican Congressman who was known as a champion of Christian family values and a [http://www.propublica.org/article/watergate-journalist-bernstein-spoke-at-event-supporting-iranian-terrorist supporter of Iran's anti-government armed opposition ...
A collage of recent interesting news you may have missed, all reflecting the very American theme of Not giving up hope, and fight for justice and racial reconciliation:/Another Innocence Project Victory over the Prison Business/"Prison in America is a business, inmates are ...
Most elderly citizens in America focus on their own joy during their remaining years but some focus on ensuring the world will be a better place for future generations. Among those [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/18/hedy-epstein-arrested-ferguson-holocaust-_n_5689822.html ...
In a creative move, Iranian-born Yara has recently teamed up with rapper [http://pharao.bandcamp.com Pharao] to promote the universal basic income - a hot topic in the Netherlands - by recording the song "Het Goeie Leven" (The Good Life). More and more people see "universal basic ...
Three jail sentences, 18 convictions and 40 offences in a decade and the British Judiciary STILL can't deport a drug addict Iranian criminal because of human rights laws, [http://www.dailymail.co ...
A legal battle against world's largest retailer is probably as painful as a root canal but an Iranian American dentist has decided to do so. [http://www.bloomberg.com/article/2013-02-11/aA36DsfObCBg.html Bloomberg] and several other sources have reported a major lawsuit is filed ...
