PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 29 [Category: Medical] -- The American College of Physicians issued the following news release: Statement attributable to: Isaac O. Opole, MBChB, PhD, FACP President, American College of Physicians The American College of Physicians (ACP) is glad to see the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a final rule protecting against discrimination in federal health programs. With access to comprehensive health care services for LGBTQ+ individuals  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 30 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Samuel G. Encarnacion, first assistant public defender, Lancaster County Public Defender's Office, will receive the annual Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Civil and Equal Rights Champion Award at an awards ceremony on May 9 during the PBA Annual Meeting in Hershey. Developed by the PBA Civil and Equal Rights Committee (CERC), this award honors an individual who champio  more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news: The Legal Defense Fund, The Antiracism and Community Lawyering Practicum at Boston University School of Law, and the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, filed an amicus brief (https://www.naacpldf.org/wp-content/uploads/Brief-of-Amici-Curiae-PAvLee-Submitted.pdf) with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in support of a Black man named Derek Lee, who is serving a mandatory life without parole (LWO  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 30 -- The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers issued the following statement on April 29, 2024: * * * Following Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's subsequent appointment of Joyce Wilkerson to fill the vacant School Board position, PFT President Jerry T. Jordan issued the following statement: "Right is right. And Mayor Cherelle L. Parker was right to nominate Joyce Wilkerson to the first School Board under the Parker administration. Mayor Parker was right to continue   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 30 -- The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers issued the following statement on April 28, 2024: * * * Regarding the delay in moving forward with the nomination of Joyce Wilkerson to the School Board, PFT President Jerry T. Jordan issued the following statement: "I urge members of City Council to advance the nomination of Joyce Wilkerson to the School Board of Philadelphia. "As I shared in my letter to every member of Council last week, Ms. Wilkerson has been  more