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Civil Rights

Individual rights and civil liberties

370 topics in 'Civil Rights'

Apr 14

Civil Rights

Trump Education Dept formally dissolves office serving 5 million English learners

Secretary McMahon dissolves the OELA and scatters $890 million in grants across three separate offices

22q · 33 min

Apr 14

Civil Rights

DOJ moves to erase Jan 6 seditious conspiracy convictions

Pirro signs motion to erase 12 seditious conspiracy convictions

22q · 33 min

Apr 10

Civil Rights

Trump fires judges who threw out student deportation cases

Students face appeals before a bench Trump can keep reshaping

25q · 38 min

Apr 9

Civil Rights

HUD emergency housing voucher program will run out of funding by end of 2026

Program that assists 60,000 people fleeing homelessness and domestic violence faces depletion

40q · 60 min

Apr 9

Civil Rights

BIA orders deportation of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil

BIA orders Khalil's deportation despite active court injunction

31q · 47 min

Apr 9

Civil Rights

James Strahler pleads guilty to cyberstalking and AI-generated child sexual abuse material

Ohio man becomes first person convicted under Trump's Take It Down Act after targeting 10 victims

22q · 33 min

Apr 9

Civil Rights

ICE spent $1 billion on detention warehouses without notifying states or Congress

Contracts for 30,000 new detention beds were signed in secret over six weeks

22q · 33 min

Apr 9

Civil Rights

Louisiana Republicans move to abolish clerk's office won by exonerated man

Calvin Duncan served 28 years for a wrongful conviction and won 68% of the vote. His new bosses are eliminating his job

25q · 38 min

Apr 8

Civil Rights

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending deportation protections for 5,000 Ethiopians

Judge Brian Murphy rules DHS violated congressional rules in terminating Temporary Protected Status

25q · 38 min

Apr 8

Civil Rights

Federal judge gave FDA six months to respond before blocking mail-order mifepristone in Louisiana

Judge Joseph signaled that Louisiana will win its challenge to mail-order abortion pill access

22q · 33 min