Tag: civil rights

The fatal shooting of Kohen Wiley after an alleged shoplifting call has ignited protests in Senatobia, where residents say years of police escalation and mistrust reached a breaking point.

The Justice Department is backing a right-wing lawsuit against the nation’s first operating reparations program, raising the stakes for cities trying to repair decades of anti-Black housing discrimination.

New standards allow broader AI use, lock in $1-a-day labor limits, and give detention operators more flexibility as ICE expands under Trump’s mass enforcement agenda.

The Justice Department’s latest effort to revoke citizenship from 17 Americans expands a denaturalization campaign that critics say could permanently alter the status of millions of naturalized citizens.

A Brookings Institution study suggests the scale of family separation tied to Trump’s expanded immigration detention campaign is far greater than previously documented, with more than 22,000 American children left without any live-in parent at home.

A Reuters investigation has revealed a widening federal push into state election systems, with demands for voter records, scrutiny of voting equipment, and revived fraud probes fueling warnings about intimidation, disenfranchisement, and executive overreach.

Federal lawsuit claiming local officials illegally pushed polluting industries into Black communities reaches new stage.

Building to a statewide walkout.

After Trump border czar Tom Homan announced that 700 federal immigration agents would leave Minnesota, Rep. Ilhan Omar, civil rights groups, and national coalitions said the move leaves an ongoing occupation intact while killings, constitutional violations, and international human rights complaints remain unresolved.

A masked federal agent fatally shot 37 year old Renee Nicole Good during a Minneapolis protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prompting widespread protests and sharp rebukes after Trump administration officials labeled the killing self defense despite video and eyewitness accounts that challenge that narrative.