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Supreme Court Greenlights Trump’s Transgender Military Ban During Ongoing Lawsuits
A brief Supreme Court order lifted injunctions against President Trump’s ban on transgender troops, allowing the policy to take effect while legal...
Feds Remove Key Reports on Violence Against Indigenous Women
Shortly before Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Awareness Day, federal sites deleted two reports analyzing violence in Native communities....
Trump Administration Restricts Crime & Justice Data
New actions by the DOJ limit public access to crime and justice statistics, from police misconduct databases to hate crime figures. Critics warn...
Education Department Curtails Civil Rights Policies, Targets Trans Student Protections
Under President Trump’s second term, the Department of Education drastically reduced the scope of civil rights enforcement, rolling back Obama-...
NYU Law Bans 31 Students Over Pro-Palestine Sit-Ins, Fueling Free Speech Debate
A major conflict at NYU School of Law erupted after administrators banned 31 students who staged pro-Palestine sit-in demonstrations, blocking...
Trump’s Education Department Halts “Disparate Impact” Enforcement
The Trump administration’s Department of Education ended the use of “disparate impact” analysis in civil rights cases, a dramatic shift that might...
Illinois Landlord Gets 53-Year Sentence for Anti-Muslim Killing of 6-Year-Old
An Illinois landlord received a 53-year prison term for murdering a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy and wounding his mother in a hate-driven...
Threats Against Judges Double as Politics Heat Up
Serious threats toward U.S. federal judges more than doubled from 2021 to 2023, with many aimed at women jurists, reports The 19th. Judges cite...
Harvard Sues Over $2.2 B in Frozen Federal Grants
Harvard University filed suit after the Trump administration halted $2.2 billion in federal research funding, claiming the government illegally...
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