Judge Blocks Trump ‘Secretive’ Commission Report on Police and Civil Justice October 2, 2020 By Sarah N. Lynch Before a U.S. federal judge on Thursday halted the work of a Trump administration law enforcement commission – saying it...
Louisville Police Sued by Civil Rights Groups Over Police Actions Against Protesters August 3, 2020 The NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky have filed a lawsuit alleging use of force and intimidation...
North Carolina Woman Seeks $15M in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against NAACP February 6, 2020 By Martha Waggoner A woman who repeatedly told the national NAACP that her supervisor in the North Carolina conference had sexually harassed her...
Appeals Court Rules Workers Can’t Sue Alabama Over Blocked Minimum Wage Boost January 8, 2020 By Kim Chandler Fast food workers can’t sue the Alabama attorney general over a 2016 state law that blocked a minimum wage increase...
Mississippi African-American Church Set on Fire, Tagged with ‘Vote Trump’ November 4, 2016 By Bill Fuller and Rogelio V. Solis Somebody set the fire that heavily damaged an African-American church that was also spray-painted with the phrase “Vote Trump,” and...
Lawsuits Could Follow Zimmerman Acquittal July 15, 2013 By Tom Schoenberg The acquittal of George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer cleared of state charges in the death of black teenager...