Civil Rights
Thursday, March 28, 2024
NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates
After 30 years of championing the rights of LGBTQ+ people, Equality New Mexico has its finger on the pulse of supportive legislation and has made its …
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Effort continues to ensure state minimum wage for ME farmworkers
Legislation proposed by Maine Gov. Janet Mills would ensure thousands of farmworkers are eligible to receive the state minimum wage. Current law …
Monday, March 25, 2024
Lawsuit seeks justice for NC man's death in police custody
Three attorneys are joining forces to seek justice for a North Carolina family. At a news conference, civil rights lawyer Ben Crump - along with …
Silencing dissent: Where can students debate Israel-Palestinian conflict?
As the Israel-Hamas conflict continues, students find it hard to freely express opinions as universities shut down groups due to political tensions …
ID bill could add restrictions to ballot initiative process
Idaho lawmakers are once again looking to change the ballot initiative process in the state. With a little more than a week left in the session…
Texas’ SB 4 in limbo again after late-night court decision
Story has been updated to reflect late-night 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision.(8:01 a.m. MST, Mar. 20, 2024) The U.S. Supreme Court handed …
Possible public-comment overhaul stirs backlash in Fargo
Public comment has long been a staple of local government meetings. But in North Dakota and other parts of the country, this engagement tool faces a …
Weld County’s Latino community wins court case on gerrymandered maps
Weld County commissioners are headed back to the drawing board, after a county district court ruled that their voter district maps created after the 2…
HUD files discrimination charge against MT apartment owner
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has charged a Livingston landlord with discrimination after investigating a complaint filed by a …
NE advocates for LGBTQ+ rights hopeful after visits with state senators
State legislators across the country continue to introduce anti-LGBTQ bills and there have been a record number of them for four years in a row…
Report: Older foundations, regardless of intent, may have racist beginnings
A recent report details how great wealth that later made philanthropy possible around the country but most evidently in the District of Columbia…
Members appointed to NYS reparations commission
New York state lawmakers have appointed members to the Community Commission on Reparations Remedies, created through legislation Gov. Kathy Hochul …