According to documents reviewed by NBC News, the U.S. Department of Education has notified Southlake's Carroll Independent School District that it intends to negotiate with the district over students civil rights complaints. The case has been investigated for years by NBC News. NBC News' Antonia Hylton reports.
The legal group 'is pleased' that the agency is recognizing the civil rights violations within Carroll ISD schools and hopes that changes will finally come.
Human rights scholar Martha Minow addressed around 30,000 graduates and guests at NYU’s 191st commencement ceremony in Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, after receiving an honorary Doctor of Law degree from the university. Minow, the former dean of Harvard Law School and holder of Harvard University’s highest professorship, delivered NYU’s commencement address on behalf of this This story Human rights scholar Martha Minow on civil rights, race and gender at commencement appeared first on Washington...
Election experts worry that if even one sympathetic judge rules in favor of United Sovereign Americans, it could sow doubts about election integrity.
Election experts worry that if even one sympathetic judge rules in favor of United Sovereign Americans, it could sow doubts about election integrity.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has identified demolitions of
In the last week of April, Congress passed, and President Biden signed, a law banning TikTok in the United States if its parent company, ByteDance, did not sell it to an American company within 12 months. The New York Times Senior writer David Leonhardt provides a good summary of why this bill was passed. It is a More
CBS Evening News commemorated the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the historic Supreme Court opinion that reversed Plessy v. Ferguson and ended official segregation, by equating the historic struggles of black Americans to illegal immigration. I couldn’t believe it myself either the first time I watched, but see for yourselves: WATCH: CBS Evening News commemorates the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education by equating illegal immigration with the historic struggle...
Honoring Civil Rights Activist Daisy Bates in Statuary Hall Dear Friend, Bartholomew.Su Fri, 05/10/2024 - 14:36 May 10, 2024
The stringent requirements under Assam’s NRC regime are in stark contrast to the lenient rules of the controversial citizenship law.
Independent journalist Sean Beckner-Carmitchel filmed as UCLA campus police officers arrested him on May 6, 2024, while he was documenting campus protesters’ detention. Police arrested Beckner-Carmitchel despite a California law that prohibits law enforcement from interfering with journalists covering demonstrations. Courtesy of Sean Beckner-Carmitchel. On May 6, 2024, police arrested independent videographer Sean Beckner-Carmitchel as he...
The NAACP is one of over a dozen civil rights organizations urging President Joe Biden to pardon Marilyn Mosby, the former Baltimore prosecutor awaiting sentencing after being convicted of fraudulently obtaining a loan. The request to Biden states that Mosby did not receive fair treatment and that her prosecution was based on a political vendetta Continue reading NAACP, Other Civil Rights Orgs Call For Biden To Pardon Marilyn Mosby