Tag: civil rights
Federal judge blocks NC’s voter id law, citing state’s ‘sordid history’...
Judge Loretta Biggs said the law's provision preventing voters from showing public assistance ID cards to vote was “particularly suspect.”
Police don’t do a good job tracking hate crimes. A new...
A day after the FBI released its latest hate crime numbers, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights detailed the many problems with those statistics and what should be done to fix them.
Homeland security’s civil rights unit lacks power to stop abuse of...
The children’s lawyer was incensed. Her two tiny clients — one of them blind — had been in a shelter for three...
Three LGBTQ cases before the Supreme Court asks the question: How...
Will the Supreme Court back LQBTQ rights? Time will tell.
Video shows jail attendant assaulting handcuffed man
“This kind of incident does create a blemish. It is painful to watch.”
Ending the punishment of poverty: Supreme Court rules against high fines...
On Wednesday, the court ruled the Eighth Amendment protects people from state and local authorities imposing onerous fines, fees and forfeitures to generate money.
Former Deputy Police Chief sentenced to prison for excessive force and...
"This case is a prime example of my commitment to hold accountable officers who threaten the mission of law enforcement by breaking the law.”
A modern-day lynching?: “Always in season” looks at 2014 hanging in...
A disturbing new documentary that examines lynching in the United States both past and present.
MLK Day special: Rediscovered 1964 King speech on civil rights, segregation...
As the nation marks 90 years since the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we air a rediscovered speech he delivered on December 7, 1964.
Why Jeff Sessions’ final act could have more impact than expected
Just before he left, the departing attorney-general adopted a policy to limit the Justice Department’s ability to oversee abusive police departments.
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Popular sugar substitute erythritol damages blood-brain barrier, elevating stroke risk
A new study shows how erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar alternative, directly damages human cells that comprise the blood-brain barrier.
Supreme Court rulings and new Southern maps intensify battle over Black voting power before...
A series of redistricting fights in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia is reshaping the struggle over voting rights and congressional control as critics warn that recent Supreme Court decisions are accelerating the erosion of protections for Black voters.
The electric car is the only winner in the latest Iran war
The Hormuz Choke Point and the Twilight of Petroleum.
Waterboarding for dollars in Cuba
The CBS Sunday Morning program, “Next: Cuba?” which aired on April 26, presented a discussion of the recent intensification of sanctions on...