Opening a new front in legal battles over college admissions, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a civil rights...
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A demonstrator arrested outside the home of conservative legal activist Leonard Leo contends police violated his First Amendment rights. Eli...
New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Authorities in a southwest Louisiana school district have agreed to develop a magnet school in a...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the ability of people to sue for civil rights violations under an 1871...
Eleven people have filed a federal lawsuit saying they were assaulted by police or wrongfully arrested while peacefully observing a...
About 320 people arrested during a George Floyd protest in the Bronx on June 4, 2020, and who claim the...
The nation’s first trial over a state’s ban on gender-confirming care for children begins in Arkansas this week, the latest...
A federal jury’s $14 million award to Denver protesters hit with pepper balls and a bag filled with lead during...
Jurors found police used excessive force against protesters, violating their constitutional rights, during demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd...