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San Jose State and Penn face inquiries in Trump crackdown on transgender athletes

The Education Department says it is investigating potential civil rights violations at two universities and a high school sports league that allowed transgender athletes to compete on women’s teams

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Education Department Prioritizes Antisemitism Complaints Under Trump Administration

The Trump administration's directive to prioritize antisemitism complaints at schools may overshadow other civil rights violations, sparking concerns about...

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Trump signs executive order banning trans women and girls from women’s sports

The president’s latest order joins a broad push to erase protections for LGBT+ Americans that civil rights groups have blasted as a manufactured crisis

The Independent UK

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Abuse claims are rife in California detention centers. Now the facilities are poised to expand

A court has allowed one of state’s largest centers to resume operations, weeks after reports Ice wants to build new ones

The Guardian - US

No one is safe from Trump’s racist agenda

Trump’s attacks on civil rights don’t just affect people of color, they reach other citizens as well

The Guardian - US

Trump would be ‘very happy’ to send ‘homegrowns’ to El Salvador’s prisons. It’s ‘incredibly illegal’

Immigration law experts and constitutional scholars are warning against the president’s threat to exile citizens in foreign jails

The Independent UK

Trump's opening assault on diversity

Trump all-encompassing war on diversity is part of an effort to roll back the gains of the Civil Rights Movement

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Trump administration opens antisemitism inquiries at 5 colleges including Columbia and Berkeley

The Trump administration is opening new investigations into allegations of antisemitism at five U.S. universities including Columbia and the University of California, Berkeley

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Richmond's first Black mayor is remembered as a civil rights fighter and trailblazer

Current and former Virginia leaders are recalling the first Black mayor of Richmond for his trailblazing career and lifetime commitment to civil rights

The Independent UK

Bristol memorial service pays tribute to civil rights activist Paul Stephenson

Paul Boateng and Sir Trevor Phillips among those present to remember man who played pivotal role in 1963 bus boycott

The Guardian - UK

Updated List of DC Plane Crash Victims: Why Were So Many Of Them Figure Skaters?

Among the dead in an aircraft crash over the Potomac River were several prominent competitive figure skaters, coaches, and their families returning from an important national event in Wichita, Kansas.

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Civil Rights Attorney Kiah Duggins Among Victims In Midair Collision

Learn about the life and impactful career of Kiah Duggins, a Harvard Law School graduate and civil rights attorney tragically lost in a midair collision at...

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Civil rights activists call for a Target boycott after retailer backs away from diversity programs

Civil rights activists have gathered outside Target's Minneapolis headquarters to call for a boycott of the retailing giant over its decision to phase out its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

The Independent UK

Trump Orders Schools To Stop Teaching Critical Race Theory

President Trump's executive orders target critical race theory in schools and combat antisemitism on campuses, sparking controversy and concerns over free ...

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Wife of 72-year-old veteran beaten to death by a cellmate in Alabama jail sues corrections officers

The wife of a 72-year-old veteran who was beaten to death by a cellmate in an Alabama jail has filed a civil rights lawsuit against three deputies working at the Macon County jail

The Independent UK

Alabama police sued after viral video shows officer using a Taser on handcuffed man

A man has filed a $20 million federal civil rights lawsuit against police officers in Pickens County, Alabama, saying he was repeatedly and wrongly shocked with a Taser

The Guardian - US

‘Civil rights fight of our time’: new film explores the battle over US libraries

A Sarah Jessica Parker-produced documentary on the brave librarians fighting a wave of rightwing book bans has sparked conversation at Sundance

The Guardian - UK

Theaster Gates: ‘I’m an artist. It’s my job to wake things up’

In the week of Donald Trump’s inauguration, the US artist is in the UK with a show drawing on the legacy of Malcolm X – and an alternative vision for making America great again

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New Jersey Mayor And Democrats Condemn ICE Raid

ICE raid in Newark, NJ criticized for civil rights violations. Mayor Baraka and Democrats condemn the operation, raising concerns about unlawful actions.

International Business Times

Trump Declassifies JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King Jr Assassination Files

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday declassifying files on the 1960s assassinations of president John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. "A lot of people have been waiting for this for years, for decades," Trump told reporters as…

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Trump puts a freeze on new civil rights cases and settlements, worrying advocates

Civil rights division is being asked to pause new cases and investigations as Trump nominees examine new paths

Fortune

Trump's anti-DEI spree overturns LBJ-era order safeguarding federal workers from discrimination

Trump overturned a 1965 executive order that forbade federal contractors from discrimination.

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Trump Administration Freezes Civil Rights Litigation And Police Reforms

The Justice Department freezes civil rights litigation and considers revisiting police reform agreements under new leadership.

International Business Times

Trump's Crackdown On DEI: Federal Employees Urged To Expose Concealed Diversity Plans

The memo, sent to employees across multiple departments, was signed by various members of Trump's cabinet, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department and Acting Attorney General James McHenry at the Justice Department.

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DOJ Orders Freeze On Civil Rights Litigation Cases

DOJ halts civil rights litigation and faces challenges with police reform consent decrees.

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