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Basketball legend Bill Russell is one of those rare giants who is lionized for trailblazing in two spheres of public life: sports and civil rights.

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao plan to appeal their federal prison sentences for violating George Floyd's civil rights during his 2020 killing.

WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union urged federal immigration authorities on Tuesday to end dozens of cooperation agreements with local law enforcement agencies that the group identified as having the worst records of civil rights violations, bad jails or prisons and other factors.

Advocacy group highlights DHS cooperation agreements with local agencies that have records of civil rights violations

DALLAS — The ACLU of Texas and the national ACLU filed a formal complaint on Monday asking for a federal investigation into Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star by the Department of Homeland Security civil rights compliance unit.

In July, Abbott authorized state law enforcement to transport migrants to ports of entry. It’s unclear how and why migrants are being detained, raising civil rights concerns and questions about whether the state is overstepping federal authority.

Once a defender of trans rights and friend of Chelsea Manning, Greenwald has drifted toward the culture-war right

PHILADELPHIA — It’s a testament to Bill Russell that one of the most underrated aspects of his life is that he revolutionized college basketball. His work and activism within the civil rights movement, his remarkable career with the Boston Celtics, his well-earned status as the greatest winner in North American…

Russell was indomitable on and off the court and one of the most fascinating public figures to straddle sports and civil rights