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“60 Minutes” Head Bill Owens Exits Role Amid Corporate Changes to the Show
Owens's departure comes amid a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the company from President Donald Trump.
The Kafkaesque Case of Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez Is a Warning to Us All
In a clear case of racial profiling, immigration police in Florida unlawfully arrested and held a US-born citizen.
Connecticut AG Warns Airline: Deportation Flights Jeopardize Its Tax Breaks
Democratic lawmakers are also working to expand the state’s sanctuary law to penalize companies for working with ICE.
Tlaib: CBP Has Detained 200 in Michigan Where People Took Wrong Turn to Canada
Tlaib said the detentions, which occurred over the course of just two months, are “outrageously cruel and inhumane.”
Judge Issues Partial Injunction Against Trump’s DEI Rules for Schools
The White House’s anti-DEI decrees are too “vague and confusing” for educators to follow, the judge said.
Trump Guts Key Civil Rights Protections With New Executive Order
“Donald Trump has just made an attempt to re-segregate America,” said legislative researcher Allison Chapman.
Human Rights Watch: Israel Used US Weapon in Likely War Crime in Lebanon
One strike killed 22 members of the same family, with three young boys surviving the attack.
The “Parental Rights” Movement Takes Its Anti-LGBTQ Agenda to SCOTUS
The right-wing movement wants the Supreme Court’s help to alienate students from LGBTQ-inclusive books.
A WI GOP Lawmaker May Block Bill Expanding Postpartum Medicaid Coverage
Wisconsin is one of just two states that don’t provide Medicaid coverage for 12 months after a person gives birth.
12 Years After Factory Collapse, Bangladeshi Workers Fight for a Better Future
Survivors of the Rana Plaza disaster, many of whom can no longer work, are still fighting for compensation.