civil rights law
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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has signed legislation establishing a city-administered reparations fund for Black residents, marking a significant—though legally cautious—step in the city’s long-running effort to address the harms of past discriminatory policies. The measure, approved unanimously by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and signed by the mayor last week, creates a formal…
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A prominent civil rights attorney and author has sharply criticised the Trump administration, describing it as the most hostile to Black Americans since the late 19th century and warning of serious legal consequences for civil rights enforcement in the United States. In a video shared by The Defiant Lawyers Network on Instagram, attorney Augustus Corbett…
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The U.S. Capitol unveiled a new statue of civil rights pioneer Barbara Rose Johns on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, marking a historic replacement for the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The 11-foot bronze figure now represents Virginia in the National Statuary Hall Collection. Johns, at age 16, organized a landmark student strike in…
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President Donald Trump is facing sharp criticism from legal scholars, immigrant rights advocates, and civil rights groups following remarks he made during an August 5, 2025 interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box. In discussing agricultural labor and immigration policy, Trump asserted that undocumented immigrants are “naturally” inclined toward farm work, contrasting them with residents of inner…
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In response to a growing wave of legal and political efforts aimed at dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs across the United States, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) has introduced the Equity in Government Act, legislation intended to restore and expand federal DEI policies significantly curtailed under President Donald Trump’s administration. The bill arrives as…
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Fast-food giant McDonald’s Corporation has reached a confidential settlement in a $10 billion racial discrimination lawsuit brought by Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Networks (ESN), resolving years of litigation that accused the company of systematically excluding Black-owned media from its core advertising budgets. Filed in May 2021, the federal lawsuit alleged that McDonald’s maintained a discriminatory,…
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In a significant move toward legal redress and historical accountability, the City of Decatur, Georgia, has officially adopted a resolution creating a Reparations Task Force and issued a sweeping apology for its role in the systemic oppression of African Americans. The Decatur City Commission voted unanimously on Monday, May 6, to approve the resolution, which…
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In a significant legal development with potential nationwide implications, the U.S. Department of Justice this week ended a long-standing school desegregation order in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The move may signal president Donald Trump’s administration’s intent to dismantle similar court-enforced mandates established during the Civil Rights Movement, according to experts. The Justice Department, under the leadership…
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The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is sounding the alarm over a series of new executive orders issued by the Trump administration. The respected organization is calling the new EOs a direct attack on decades of hard-fought civil rights protections. Legal experts from the organization have sharply criticized the measures, which they say…
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A transgender woman has been arrested in Florida after using a women’s restroom at the state Capitol, marking what could be the first known arrest under the state’s controversial 2023 bathroom law. Marcy Rheintgen, a 20-year-old from Illinois, was taken into custody two weeks ago and charged with trespassing, according to a report by the…
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