By Laurie Jubelirer | December 20, 2024
Pennsylvania law allows individuals incarcerated for misdemeanor convictions or those awaiting trial to vote. Additionally, individuals regain their voting rights automatically upon release from prison, even if previously convicted of a felony. However, systemic obstacles within correctional facilities often undermine these rights.
By Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo | December 18, 2024
“I hope this settlement will help survivors, like me, as they begin to heal – but money will not repair the harm that BOP did to us." — Aimee Chavira, plaintiff and former inmate at now-closed prison in Dublin, California.
By Charlotte Kramon | December 18, 2024
Family says state troopers used excessive force against the 26-year-old when they fired pepper balls into the protester’s tent after Paez Terán refused to leave on the morning of Jan. 18, 2023. Authorities said Paez Terán then shot at the troopers from inside the tent, wounding one of them and prompting the troopers to return fire, killing the activist.
By Adolfo Pesquera | December 18, 2024
In a split decision, the First Court of Appeals rejected a discrimination claim from a doctor of Indian descent, finding Harris County had cause to fire him for theft.
By Lindsay Burrill-VanDellen | December 16, 2024
Title IX has an exception that allows widespread state-sanctioned discrimination against LGBTQ+ students in universities across the nation: the religious exemption. While Congress intended this exemption to be narrow—not “a giant loophole leading to widespread sex discrimination in education”—it has been anything but narrow, and as a result, Congress’ fears about widespread discrimination are being realized.
By Charles Toutant | December 9, 2024
"The lesson is, in New Jersey, unions have the right to elect leadership who will represent you, and it's a civil rights violation when you're retaliating against somebody for doing so," plaintiffs lawyer Charles Sciarra said.
By Mark Pinkert and Jason Torchinsky | December 6, 2024
The second Trump Administration has a unique opportunity to combat antisemitism by taking a multifaceted, whole-of-government approach.
By Brian Lee | December 5, 2024
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul joined a procession of state and local officials criticizing Syracuse City Court Judge Felicia Pitts Davis, who reportedly declined to marry two women after she officiated the wedding of a heterosexual couple on Nov. 16, according to reporting by the Syracuse Post Standard.
By Christopher Dunn | December 4, 2024
This article discusses Donald Trump's former campaign and his upcoming presidency, addressing his controversial policies such as immigration, deportation, Muslim travel bans, and New York courts.
By Jonathan Drimmer and Tara Giunta and Ruth Knox | December 3, 2024
As we perform our annual ritual of identifying 10 key business and human rights and sustainability issues for the upcoming year. Inspired by Human Rights Day, our top 10 business and human rights and sustainability topics for 2025 are below, in no particular order.
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