SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Feb. 5 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * 20 Wonderful Nurseries Farmworkers Seek to Join Federal Challenge to Biased Pro-Union Boss California Agricultural Labor Law Filing: UFW union-backed law sweeps workers into union via coercive 'card check' scheme and imposes forced dues in violation of First Amendment Bakersfield, CA (February 5, 2025) - A group of 20 employees of food and drink company Wonderful Nur  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Sues University of California for Illegal Race-Based Discrimination Against White and Asian Applicants in Student Admissions WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, America First Legal (AFL) and co-counsel Jonathan F. Mitchell filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the University of California for en  more

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Feb. 6 -- SETI Institute, a research and education organization whose mission is to lead humanity's quest to understand the origins and prevalence of life and intelligence in the Universe, issued the following news release: * * * Apply for the Davie Postdoctoral Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence for Astronomy February 5, 2025, Mountain View, CA -- The SETI Institute announced the Davie Postdoctoral Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence for Astronomy, inviting re  more

STANFORD, California, Feb. 6 -- The Hoover Institution at Stanford University issued the following news release: * * * Hoover Institution Press Releases Unyielding Resolve: Captive Nations and the Path to Freedom The Hoover Institution Press has released Unyielding Resolve: Captive Nations and the Path to Freedom, a freedom fighter's memoir highlighting the role of nationalism in the Cold War resistance to the Soviet regime's domination over non-Russian peoples of the USSR, and detailing effo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Challenges Federal Approvals for New Oil, Gas Drilling on California Public Lands BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Health and conservation groups sued the Bureau of Land Management today, challenging its approvals of new oil and gas drilling permits on public lands in California's San Joaquin Valley. Despite an ongoing legal challenge to its permitting system in the region, the  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: * * * Lawsuit Challenges Federal Approvals for New Oil, Gas Drilling on California Public Lands Coalition condemns Bureau of Land Management's decision to continue granting new oil and gas wells in the heavily-polluted San Joaquin Valley BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Health and conservation groups sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management yesterday, challenging its approvals of new oil and gas drilling permits o  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 6 -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release: A federal judge has granted preliminary approval of a class-action settlement between Kinecta Credit Union and recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and other immigrants who were denied full consideration for credit because of their immigration status. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) represents DACA recipients and other i  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 6 -- The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued the following news: * * * Statement From the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Response to President Trump's 2/4/25 Gaza Proposal As a global Jewish human rights organization, we remain steadfast in our focus: 79 hostages--including Israeli, American, and citizens of other countries--are still being held captive in Gaza, deprived of their fundamental rights and dignity. The world must not look away or be distracted. A ceasefire d  more