Civil Rights
Questions surround the implementation of a new “critical mass” system at the University of California at Berkley’s Law School that left some first-year sections without any black students.
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Muslim teen gets arrested and suspended after bringing a clock to school; his father asserts Islamophobia for the reasoning behind drastic measures taken by the school and police.
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Should the standard for excessive force be different for when police encounters a child?
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Religious freedom is not an excuse for discrimination, says the Colorado Court of Appeals.
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Congressional Democrats introduce a new bill, the Equality Act, which seeks to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and provide sweeping protections for sexual and gender minorities across America.
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From Michael Brown to Eric Garner to most recently Sandra Bland; the United States has a serious policing problem.
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The systematic change in North Carolina election laws and the lasting impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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In his push to overhaul the nation’s criminal justice system, President Obama commuted the sentences of 46 inmates who are currently incarcerated for nonviolent drug offenses, making him the president who has commuted the most sentences in more than 40 years.
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North Carolina currently has two bills in the House that attempt to remedy the current political turmoil between law enforcement and the community with the implementation of police worn body cameras.
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California passed legislation that eliminates the personal belief exemption from vaccination.
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After a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court in favor of gay marriage nationwide, where will the focus be for the LGBTQ movement?
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A New Jersey jury found the JONAH gay conversion therapy efforts illegal under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act.
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States such as Pennsylvania and Florida have recently elected to halt executions over concerns about the drugs used in lethal injections, but not without opposition from lawmakers.
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Even in the face of the botched execution of Clayton Lockett and Attorney General Holder’s support of a moratorium on the death penalty, some states continue setting execution dates.
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