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A legendary civil rights attorney dies: ‘His legacy will endure’

Edward Still, a lawyer who championed voting rights in Alabama, died this week at the age of 79. Still, a Georgia native who ...

These Lawyers Are Trying To ‘Claw Back’ Civil Rights With This New Resource

Lawyers for Good Government launched a new resource hub on Tuesday tracking changes in state policies around access to gender-affirming care and constitutional protections in all 50 states and six ...
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How the Education Department is using civil rights laws to get schools to go along with Trump

The Trump administration is using decades-old laws, meant to prevent discrimination, to threaten school districts and states ...

DOJ Fires and Reassigns Civil Rights Lawyers as New Hires Arrive

The Justice Department civil rights division’s much shrunken career staff is facing new firings, forced reassignments, and ...

Civil rights attorneys to represent family of father killed in St. Mary’s officer-involved shooting

Nationally renowned civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels will now represent the family of a Jacksonville man ...
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More alleged victims come forward following federal civil rights lawsuit against Ursuline High School

Attorney Subodh Chandra says following the filing of the lawsuit on Tuesday, September 2, two to three more alleged victims ...

Civil rights attorney with history of suing CPD to serve as Mayor Johnson's strategy chief

Sheila Bedi drew the attention of a congressional committee for representing a pro-Palestinian group that shut down the road ...
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Feds claim GMU’s hiring practices violated civil rights law; GMU president’s attorney pushes back

Last week, the U.S. Department of Education’s civil rights office gave President Gregory Washington 10 days to apologize.