Civil Rights
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Prison education bill to expand opportunities for incarcerated people in VA
A bill passed by Virginia lawmakers would expand higher education opportunities to incarcerated people across the state. House Bill 2158 aims to …
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
A May Day mayday: A distress call for immigrant rights rally Thursday
On May 1, Oregon labor and immigrants' rights organizations are gathering in Salem calling for justice for immigrant workers and an end to mass …
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Legal experts call arrest of WI judge 'extreme and unnecessary'
Legal experts and advocates are outraged over the arrest of a Milwaukee judge last week who was charged with helping an undocumented defendant avoid a…
Monday, April 28, 2025
AR League of Women Voters sues over ballot initiative restriction
Arkansas Secretary of State Cole Jester is facing legal action from the League of Women Voters of Arkansas. The organization filed a federal lawsuit …
Monday, April 28, 2025
Trump's deportation program gets temporary halt in Colorado
President Donald Trump has repeatedly called the arrival of immigrants an invasion and has invoked the Alien Enemies Act to expedite their removal…
Students, lawmakers clash over gun violence response after FSU shooting
Florida State University students joined survivors of past mass shootings at the state Capitol this week, demanding that Gov. Ron DeSantis veto a …
Visas revoked, status changed for international students in TX
Hundreds of international college students in Texas are fighting to stay in the country after their visas were revoked and their legal status changed …
ND moves closer to banning alternative voting methods
Final action is expected soon on a plan that would prevent North Dakota cities and counties from using alternative voting methods for local elections…
NM group calls ICE agents' access to immigrant tax data a 'breach of trust'
A New Mexico immigrant advocacy group says all Americans should be alarmed that the IRS has agreed to share immigrants' taxpayer information with ICE …
Black AR farmers mostly unaffected by USDA funding freeze
U.S. Department of Agriculture cuts have affected farming communities nationwide but a national group said Black farmers are largely unaffected…
NM protestors join nationwide 'Hands Off! Day of Action' Saturday
Protestors in more than a dozen New Mexico cities will join thousands nationwide Saturday in what is expected to be the largest single-day protest sin…
CO lawmakers work to protect voter rights after Trump elections order
Some Colorado lawmakers are scrambling to protect voter rights after President Donald Trump issued an executive order to require proof of citizenship …