The Latest Breaking News from Civil Rights

The branding of cannabis is important for, at least, three reasons: first, cannabis branding supports the acceptance of cannabis culture that helps reverse the social stigma that weighs on users and growers. At the same time, branding can support the advancement of social equity brands that advocate social and civil…

The Justice Department is sending monitors to 24 states in an effort to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws in the midterm elections

Lois Curtis, an artist with an intellectual disability who brought a landmark civil rights lawsuit that gave people with disabilities the right to live outside of institutions, has died.

"Thank you for the work you continue to do, and have done in our community," tweeted Brown recently.

Harvey Silverglate, a noted civil rights and criminal defense lawyer, is running for the Harvard Board of Overseers, on a platform of free speech and encouraging debate and viewpoint diversity. Harvey is the co-founder of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (which was recently broadened to be the Foundation…

The civil rights activist and his wife paid the hospital bill for the birth of the actor because her parents couldn’t afford it

Director Chinonye Chukwu tells the story of Mamie Till-Mobley, whose decision to hold an open-casket funeral for her murdered son served as a catalyst for the civil rights movement.

Former Memphis, Tenn., police officer Sam Blue has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison followed by three years probation after pleading guilty to conspiracy to violate civil rights by using force, violence and intimidation and conspiracy to commit robbery affecting interstate commerce. Blue gave police information and equipment…

The neighborhood has launched three lawsuits: over a sewage treatment plant, unsafe bridge construction, and now a desalination plant.