The Latest Breaking News from Civil Rights

‘Discrimination, plain and simple’: Trans patients sue Florida over Medicaid ban for gender-affirming care

Recently enacted rule blocks Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming treatments, which plaintiffs and civil rights attorneys argue will make life in Florida ‘simply impossible’ for thousands of people

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2022

Editorial: Does lax enforcement of Illinois gun legislation violate victims’ civil rights?

As Illinois Democrats continue to seek a ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines after the Highland Park massacre on July 4, critics of gun safety laws voice a familiar rebuttal:

Chicago Tribune · Sep 7, 2022

Civil rights activist celebrating her birthday among ten killed in Puget Sound plane crash

“Her voice will be missed, I think even by those who hated to see her walk into the meeting,” brother says

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2022

Civil rights leaders warn of threat from white supremacy

WASHINGTON — Civil rights leaders warned about the dangers white supremacy poses to the US following a meeting with President Joe Biden.

Tribune News Service · Sep 2, 2022

NC NAACP loses tax-exempt status; audit assessing misspending allegations

For decades, the public face of North Carolina’s NAACP has been an energetic organization unbending in its fight against injustice.

Tribune News Service · Aug 30, 2022

Poignant detour to Bus Station for Bristol civil rights leader Roy Hackett's last journey

St Werburgh's, St Paul's and the city centre will come to a standstill for 'the giant' of Bristol's history

Bristol Post · Aug 30, 2022

Sheryl Lee Ralph put in the time and the work. Hollywood is finally taking notice

If you ask Sheryl Lee Ralph about the educators who played a pivotal role in her life, she'll begin listing them without hesitation: her dad, her mom, her auntie Carolyn and so on. Then she'll get to her kindergarten teacher, Miss Spencer. Her eyes light up as she disappears into…

Los Angeles Times · Aug 30, 2022

Duke volleyball player and dad say BYU didn’t act fast enough during racist incident

As a child growing up in Fort Worth, Texas, in the 1960s and early ’70s, Marvin Richardson lived through school desegregation and the racial turmoil that followed the passage of the Civil Rights Act. He lived through the “fears and challenges” that came with being Black in the South, he…

Tribune News Service · Aug 29, 2022

Ram katha begins in Raj Bhawan amid objections

Five-day event will undermine secular values, say Rajasthan civil rights groups 

The Hindu · Aug 27, 2022

Pregnant woman at risk of miscarriage is blocked entry to ER by police officers

The couple claims the police officer violated their civil rights

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022