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The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., site of the August 28 rally. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Thousands rally at Lincoln Memorial to defend voting rights

Civil rights leaders say this is the first march since the Supreme Court gutted a core Voting Rights Act protection.
Microphones at a press podium. Photo: Bill Koplitz / FEMA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Networks Were Ordered to Stop Filming Trump—and They Didn’t Protest the Illegal Censorship

"Cameras off the president now": The command was an astonishing call for press censorship on behalf of Trump and a direct violation of the First Amendment.
The Salem and Hope Creek nuclear plants in New Jersey, among the US reactors subject to NRC radiation exposure rules. Photo: Peretz Partensky / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Nuclear regulator moves to drop 50-year-old radiation safety standard

The rule NRC officials are preparing to eliminate has required the nuclear industry to keep exposure below legal limits, not just under them.
The U.S. Capitol. Photo: Architect of the Capitol, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Rep. LaMonica McIver isn’t just fighting for reelection — she’s fighting for freedom

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for a trial that could send the New Jersey congresswoman to prison over a 2025 clash with officers at an immigration detention center.
Syracuse University's campus. Photo: John Marino / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Syracuse University Seeks to Prevent Campus Rape Victim From Obtaining Police Records

The university, whose 1980s rape crisis figured prominently in a ProPublica article, committed to support survivors at “every step of the process.” Now it’s in court to stop police from sharing many records with a student who was assaulted in 1987.