David Richards, a prominent Austin labor and civil rights attorney whose work helped reshape political representation for minorities in Texas, died Thursday at age 92.

A jury in a federal civil rights case awarded $404,000 to Tommy Meadows after state prison staff took him to the floor, pepper sprayed him while handcuffed in a strip cell and put him in solitary ...

(The Center Square) – Medical group Do No Harm filed a federal civil rights complaint against a Texas healthcare system for using “racially discriminatory criteria” when selecting its vendors, some ...

GETTING ANSWERS ON KEEPING POLICE ACCOUNTABLE. A GROUP IS IN TOWN BECAUSE OF RECENT PROBLEMS RIGHT HERE IN KANSAS CITY. AT ISSUE, THE DEATH OF AN INMATE INSIDE THE WYANDOTTE COUNTY JAIL. INVESTIGATIVE ...

Oakland civil rights leader and former East Bay Municipal Utility District Director William “Bill” Patterson, who had been called the “Conscience of the District,” died at the age of 94 on Tuesday.

A group of civil rights attorneys is in town to learn better strategies to keep police and law enforcement accountable. The National Police Accountability Project held a two-day gathering in Kansas ...

The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit against Northwestern University in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Oct. 15, alleging ...

A Glencoe Elementary School parent filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging that Portland Public Schools has engaged in race-based discrimination by using a staffing formula that partly prioritizes ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Posters and pamphlets outside the “Civil Rights in Higher Education Town Hall” at the Ford School ...

GOFFSTOWN, New Hampshire (WGME) -- A man is accused of stealing Pride signs in New Hampshire, claiming they were "pedophile signs.” The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office says hidden trail cams ...