A win for women: Federal judge strikes down Mississippi abortion ban
"Banning abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, the law prevents a woman's free choice, which is central to personal dignity and autonomy."
Milwaukee agrees to pay $6.75M to family of inmate who died of dehydration
The officers responsible for the inmate’s death were charged with neglect, misconduct, and obstruction.
HUD to rollback protections for transgender people in taxpayer-funded homeless shelters
“The ACLU will fight back against this attempt to write discrimination into the law. Shelters funded by taxpayers should be open to all – period.”
DHS is locking immigrants in solitary confinement
Immigration detention is expensive, inhumane and unnecessary.
Police chief apologizes after raid on journalist’s home
“The residents of San Francisco, our Mayor and City leaders, the news media and the hardworking men and women of the police department deserve better."
‘Enough is enough’: Thousands go on strike to support McDonald’s workers fighting for $15...
"We shouldn’t be begging for scraps when we have a corporation that makes $6 billion a year and we ain’t even making $15.”
New poll shows the majority of Americans don’t want Roe v. Wade overturned
Americans don't agree with the new abortion bans in Alabama and Georgia.
Atlanta prosecutors say they won’t prosecute women under Georgia’s newest abortion law
“As a matter of law (as opposed to politics) this office will not be prosecuting any women under the new law as long as I’m district attorney.”
‘Extraordinarily concerned’ Elizabeth Warren demands answers from the Trump administration on the deaths of...
"Children are dying, and the CBP must do more to end this string of tragedies."
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $25M in baby powder cancer verdict
According to Judge Manuel Mendez, who is presiding over the trial, Johnson & Johnson placed “corporate profits and reputation over the health and safety of consumers.”