Parents Defending Education (PDE) filed a civil rights complaint Thursday with the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) against New York City Public Schools for its plans to hold racially segregated …
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Apple is suing NSO Group, an Israeli spyware firm that has been linked to human rights abuses, for developing hacking software allegedly used to spy on Apple customers’ devices. The …
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The Biden administration quietly reversed a Trump-era decision halting conservation grants being used to indirectly fund human rights atrocities in Central Africa. While the administration hasn’t publicly acknowledged the change, …
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Former Kay County Oklahoma Supervisory Corrections Officer Indicted for Civil Rights Violations
by DOJ PressOKLAHOMA CITY—A federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging a former Kay County Oklahoma supervisory corrections officer with federal civil rights violations, announced Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke …
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Current and Former Ewing Township Police Officers Charged with Violating Civil Rights of a Minor
by DOJ PressTRENTON, N.J. – Three current and former Ewing Township Police Department officers were indicted by a grand jury on civil rights charges for their roles in assaulting a minor victim …
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Four ninth-grade students in Kansas City are suing the school district, the principal and other individuals involved in disciplining them over a “petition to bring back slavery,” multiple sources reported. …
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Acting U.S. Attorney Honig And Acting Attorney General Bruck Announce Joint Federal-State Civil Rights Criminal Enforcement Initiative
by DOJ PressNEWARK, N.J. – Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig and Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck today announced the creation of a joint federal-state Civil Rights Criminal Enforcement Initiative to …
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Unilever, Ben & Jerry’s parent company, previously defended doing business in countries with poor human rights records, and countries designated as state sponsors of terrorism before supporting the ice cream …
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Will Major League Baseball punish Yankees and Mets after New Yorkers reject progressive voting rights referendum?
by Adam DevineIf Major League Baseball wants to be consistent in its decisions, it now has to penalize both the New York Mets and New York Yankees, according to Senate Majority Leader …
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Three Shreveport Police Officers Indicted on Federal Civil Rights Charges for Assaulting Two Arrestees
by DOJ PressSHREVEPORT, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced that a federal grand jury in …
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Former Gary Police Officer Indicted on Federal Civil Rights Charge for Assaulting Arrestee
by DOJ PressTerry Peck, 46, a former police officer with the Gary Police Department, was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Hammond, Indiana, for using excessive force against an arrestee. …
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(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a 24-state coalition urging the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to uphold the constitutional rights of public employees. …
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It’s now legal in New Jersey for AIDS patients to infect their sexual partners without notifying them first
by Your NewsTRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Buck is ordeing police departments in the state to immediately stop charging and prosecuting AIDS patients who knowingly have sex with non-AIDS …
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NASHVILLE – A federal indictment unsealed today charged former supervisory corrections officer Kenan Lister, 42, of Clarksville, Tennessee, with federal civil rights and obstruction offenses, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Mary …
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WILKES-BARRE- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Brian Buglio, age 46, of Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States Magistrate Judge …
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LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty this afternoon to a federal securities fraud charge and admitted operating a Ponzi scheme that raised at least $650 million …
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut, in partnership with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), have entered …
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RICHMOND, Va. – The Justice Department announced today that it filed a civil complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against Prince George County, Virginia, …
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Republican Rep. Bob Good of Virginia introduced legislation Wednesday that would prohibit schools, programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance from teaching Critical Race Theory. The Defending Students’ Civil Rights …