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Alabama Enacts "Back the Blue" Law, Sparking Debate on Police Accountability

The Alabama Legislature passed a bill granting enhanced legal protections to police officers, including immunity hearings, which Republicans support as "Back the Blue" but Democrats oppose as potentially increasing harm to Black communities; Governor Kay Ivey will sign the bill into law.

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Alabama Enacts "Back the Blue" Law, Sparking Debate on Police Accountability

The Alabama Legislature passed a bill providing enhanced legal protections for police officers, sparking intense debate between Republicans who support it and Democrats who argue it could lead to increased police brutality against Black people.

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Trump Administration Cuts Additional $450 Million in Funding to Harvard

The Trump administration cut an additional $450 million in federal grants to Harvard University, totaling $2.65 billion, escalating its ideological battle against the university over diversity initiatives and viewpoint diversity, while Harvard is fighting back in court.

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Landmark Court Cases: Asian Americans' Fight for Citizenship

Four Supreme Court cases—Chy Lung v. Freeman, United States v. Wong Kim Ark, Ozawa v. United States, and United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind—demonstrate Asian Americans' historical legal battles against discriminatory immigration and naturalization laws, shaping the definition of citizenship and cha...

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Justice Department Ends Louisiana School Desegregation Order

The Justice Department ended a 1966 school desegregation order in Louisiana's Plaquemines Parish this week, citing it as a "historical wrong", despite concerns from civil rights activists that the move could increase school segregation and diminish progress toward racial equity in education. The dec...

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Wrongful Raid on Oklahoma Family by Federal Agents

Federal immigration agents mistakenly raided the Oklahoma City home of a U.S. citizen family last week due to an outdated search warrant targeting previous residents, seizing belongings and causing significant trauma; the agents involved were from ICE, FBI and (erroneously claimed) the U.S. Marshals...

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Appeals Court Limits Voting Rights Act Enforcement to DOJ

A federal appeals court ruled that private individuals cannot sue under the Voting Rights Act in seven Midwestern states, leaving enforcement to a US Justice Department that is weakening its civil rights division; this follows a lawsuit alleging North Dakota discriminated against Native Americans in...

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Columbia University Investigated for Allegedly Harboring Students Deemed Threats to National Security

Federal agents investigated Columbia University in March 2023 for allegedly harboring two students, Ranjani Srinivasan and Yunseo Chung, who the government suspected were threats to national security; the investigation involved surveillance, subpoenas, and search warrants, but agents found no eviden...

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BLM in the UK: Five Years On

A British documentary examines the UK's response to the murder of George Floyd, highlighting the rapid escalation of protests, counter-protests, and the ongoing conversation about racial injustice in the context of historical oppression and weak political leadership.

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Trump Administration Reverses Civil Rights Progress, Prioritizing Religious Freedom

The Trump administration is reversing decades of civil rights progress by dismantling diversity initiatives, redirecting the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division to focus on "anti-Christian bias," and potentially jeopardizing access to education, healthcare, and voting rights, drawing paral...

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Trump Administration Dismantles Civil Rights Progress

The Trump administration is dismantling decades of civil rights progress, redirecting the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division to focus on perceived anti-Christian bias and "woke ideology," canceling contracts based on diversity initiatives, and threatening funding for universities with DEI...

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Harvard Law Review Under Investigation for Discrimination

The Trump administration is investigating Harvard Law Review for alleged race-based discrimination in article selection, violating Title VI; this follows a $2.2 billion funding freeze on Harvard after the university refused administration demands, resulting in a lawsuit and threats to revoke tax-exe...

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