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Trump administration sued over threat to deploy federal law enforcement at voting sites

Civil rights groups say plan will make people ‘afraid to vote’ and violates the Voting Rights Act

The Guardian - US · Sep 18

‘The next 250 years belong to all of us’: seven activists on rebuilding the US

Advocates describe this moment as both a crisis and an opening to reimagine the promises of freedom and democracy

The Guardian - US · Jul 1

Podcaster floats wild conspiracy about Trump’s true plans for bunker under White House ballroom: ‘He ain’t leaving’

Trump has said the military is constructing a ‘massive complex’ beneath the $400 million ballroom

The Independent UK · May 5

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Harmeet Dhillon: DoJ lawyer a top contender for Trump’s retribution mission

Pugilistic presence has laid waste to civil rights decision – her take-no-prisoners approach has alarmed legal experts but earned president’s plaudits

The Guardian - US · Apr 19

Trump’s DOJ plans to settle Colony Ridge case without compensating victims

The Biden administration sued a Texas land developer accused of duping tens of thousands of Hispanic residents. Trump’s DOJ is now offering an unprecedented settlement that experts say could target the very people who were harmed by the developer.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 9

The NAACP names ex-DOJ civil rights chief Kristen Clarke as its top lawyer

The NAACP has named Kristen Clarke, a former Biden Justice Department official, as its next general counsel

The Independent UK · Mar 25

The Latest: Reaction is pouring in to the death of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

Reaction is pouring in over the death of the Rev. Jesse L

The Independent UK · Feb 17

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Even the DOJ’s expert in police shootings not being allowed to participate in Minneapolis ICE investigation

The Civil Rights Division is typically involved in probing fatal shootings by a law enforcement officer

The Independent UK · Jan 13

DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review

DoJ report acknowledges attack ‘was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence’

The Guardian - US · Jan 10, 2025

Fears for civil rights as Trump taps Maga darling for key justice department role

Rights leaders worry that Harmeet Dhillon could harm work into police misconduct, discrimination and hate crimes

The Guardian - US · Dec 17, 2024

Memphis rejects federal calls for police oversight after Tyre Nichols probe

Police practices in the US city came under scrutiny following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in January 2023.

Al Jazeera · Dec 5, 2024

Violent, filthy, unsafe: Georgia jail where Trump was booked is condemned in scathing new report

Justice Department says jail officials in Georgia’s most populous county violate the constitutional rights

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2024

MAGA Ally Jim Jordan Gives DOJ Hard Deadline to Hand Over Documents Related to Verifying Ohio Voters

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has been spearheading an effort to remove noncitizens from voter rolls

Latin Times · Oct 22, 2024

Justice Department Sues Virginia For Purging Voters Just Before Election

The feds say the state program, coming too close to the election, violates a provision of the National Voting Rights Act

International Business Times · Oct 12, 2024

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The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2024

Justice Department opens cold-case investigation into 1921 Tulsa race massacre

Attorney for living survivors of racist massacre says federal report will set the record straight for the ‘largest crime scene in the history of this country’

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2024

Justice Department finds Georgia is 'deliberately indifferent' to unchecked abuses at its prisons

The U.S. Justice Department says Georgia's state prison systems are 'deliberately indifferent' to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse at state lockups

The Guardian - US · Oct 1, 2024

US justice department announces investigation into Tulsa race massacre

Review of 1921 massacre comes months after Oklahoma supreme court dismissed lawsuit brought by two survivors

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2024

Justice Department will launch civil rights review into 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

The U.S. Department of Justice says it plans to launch a review and evaluation of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

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The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2024

Police in small Mississippi city discriminate against Black residents, Justice Department finds

A Justice Department investigation has found that police in a majority Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against people who criticize them

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2024

Attorneys say other victims could sue a Mississippi sheriff's department over brutality

Attorneys for two Black men who were tortured by Mississippi law enforcement officers say they expect to file more lawsuits on behalf of others who say they were brutalized by officers from the same sheriff’s department

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2024

Justice Department opens civil rights probe into sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men

The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2024

US Justice Department to investigate violence and sexual abuse at Tennessee's largest prison

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into a privately operated Tennessee prison where officials say violence and sexual abuse have gone unaddressed for years

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2024

Federal investigators find horrific ‘pattern of abuse’ at juvenile detention centers in Texas

Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said the centers violate the US constitution

The Guardian - US · Aug 2, 2024

Texas lockups violate minors’ constitutional rights, says US justice department

Department of Justice report found pattern of sexual abuse and mistreatment in the state’s juvenile justice facilities

Latin Times · Jun 14, 2024

DOJ finds Phoenix Police discriminated against minorities in historic investigation

The DOJ found, among other things, the Phoenix Police Department violates constitutional rights, particularly those of homeless, Hispanic and Black people

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