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Trump DEI order
March 27, 2025
Federal workers are suing the Trump administration via ACLU, alleging they were wrongfully fired during DEI backlash targeting non-white men.
June 20, 2024
Not long after the bill was signed into law, organizations that want to keep religion out of government promised to…
January 22, 2024
The officer's act drew comparisons to the 2020 police killing of George Floyd, calls for his firing and a lawsuit…
Effingham County School District
June 24, 2023
The lawsuit says the school principal told a student “to delete the video from her phone and told her not…
May 4, 2023
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has the largest budget in the country and the sixth largest per capita.  
April 12, 2023
Harsher punishments for violent protests in North Carolina are being challenged by a prominent civil rights group.
April 1, 2023
ACLU legal director Sharon Brett told theGrio the organization was “disappointed” to hear that the Supreme Court refused to hear…
February 3, 2023
A civil rights group in New Orleans is pointing to two federal lawsuit settlements as examples of how civil litigation…
Amy Koopman settles lawsuit
October 5, 2022
A Minnesota city has settled a lawsuit with a woman who faced misdemeanor charges after she recorded police drawing guns…
August 30, 2022
A recent analysis shows cellphone carriers hold users' location data for long periods — sometimes many months, other times years.
August 19, 2022
The ACLU and others question the negative impact facial recognition technology Black people and communities of color. 
June 7, 2022
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said suspects are charged by states' attorneys on “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” standard, so they need…
May 12, 2022
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday that the case of Crystal Mason be reconsidered by a lower appeals…
Provo, Utah School Prepares For School Year Amid CoVID-19 Pandemic
May 11, 2022
In Oakland, a recent proposal would close or merge 11 schools due to shrinking enrollment; the ACLU is suing the…
May 5, 2022
Kanautica Zayre-Brown's lawsuit claims the North Carolina prison system's treatment of her has worsened her gender dysphoria.
April 25, 2022
A lawsuit has been filed with the California Department of Justice this week by the American Civil Liberties Union of…
March 5, 2022
Thousands of low-income drivers in North Carolina may seek the restoration of their suspended licenses following the settlement of a…
January 18, 2022
Four inmates say the Washington County Detention Center and its doctor gave them the drug to treat COVID-19 without their…
Ben & Jerry's founder marijuana business
November 10, 2021
The op-ed ends with a message about the founders' vision that one day Black children can also see police officers…
November 4, 2021
President Joe Biden is disputing talk that his administration plans to pay migrating families separated at the southern border.