Prosecutors, Official Criticize Measure to Axe Essential Public Programs If They Don’t Cooperate with ICE
WASHINGTON, DC – A House of Representatives measure dubbed “No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act” has unsettled…
U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Unequal Standards in Workplace Discrimination
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court this week heard arguments from a case filed by a…
Supreme Court Justice Orders 9th Circuit to Compensate Victims in Cop Shooting Case
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., criticized the Ninth Circuit Court of…
Black-Owned Bank Disrupting Recidivism with Financial Education in Prisons
WASHINGTON, DC – For 21 years, Halim Flowers was incarcerated in prisons across the country, immersing himself…
Supreme Court Ruling May Be ‘Devastating Blow against Civil Rights Enforcement’
WASHINGTON, DC – The Legal Aid Justice Center expressed major concerns about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling…
U.S. Supreme Court: Suspicious and Rapid Decline of Summary Reversals
WASHINGTON, DC – An Oklahoma woman was sent to death row by the Supreme Court on lurid…
Fox News, CNN, and Other Major News Outlets Urge Trump Admin to Drop Media Ban
WASHINGTON, DC – Major news outlets, including CNN, Fox News, and the Washington Post, urged the Trump…
Federal Judge Approves Consent Decree to Address Systemic Sexual Abuse at FCI Dublin, Women’s Prisons
WASHINGTON, DC – A federal judge has approved a Consent Decree aimed at addressing systemic sexual abuse,…
Prison Policy Initiative Report Highlights Systemic Failures in Correctional Healthcare
WASHINGTON, DC – A report titled “Cut-Rate Care” by the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) released in February…
President Trump Moves to Revive Federal Executions
WASHINGTON, DC – Attorney General Pam Bondi distributed several memos to employees of the Department of Justice…
Trump Claims Can’t Break Law If Actions Benefit Country
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. President Donald Trump echoed Napoleon as he took to social media and expressed…
Congressional SAVE Act Undermines Voter Registration for All Americans
WASHINGTON, DC – A bill in Congress that would require all Americans to provide a birth certificate,…
CAIR Leads Coalition Urging Trump to Abandon Gaza Expulsion Plans
WASHINGTON, DC — More than 70 civil rights organizations, faith groups, and advocacy coalitions are calling on…
U.S. Justice Department Fires Immigration Judges
WASHINGTON, DC – The Justice Department has fired multiple immigration judges, and according to NBC News, this…
Trump White House Bars AP News for Not Using ‘Gulf of America’
WASHINGTON, DC – The exclusion of Associated Press (AP) journalists from a White House event has intensified…
ACLU, Other Advocates Sue for Access to Migrants Moved to Guantánamo Bay
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Civil Liberties Union, and a coalition of immigrant rights and various legal…
Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Executive Order on Transgender Identification
WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald Trump’s executive order Jan. 20 mandates discrimination against transgender individuals in federal…
Report: How Eighth Amendment Was Gutted
WASHINGTON, DC – Letters by prisoners illustrate unusual and cruel punishments the incarcerated are facing despite the…
Legal Battle Unfolds over Executive Order, Trans Rights in Federal Prisons
WASHINGTON, DC – When President Donald Trump became the 47th president in January, he started a new…
Black Church Wins Trademark Dispute against Proud Boys after Vandalism
WASHINGTON, DC – The “Proud Boys” trademark has been stripped from the right-wing group and is now…