Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit to Be Filed Civil rights attorney Carl Douglas announced today that on Thursday all criminal charges against his client Black Lives Matter Los Angeles leader Dr. Melina Abdullah filed by City Attorney Mike Feuer’s office have been dismissed. “We celebrate the
On the fifth anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, his family and the town of Ferguson look to the past—and future—to bring about meaningful change. Michael Brown Sr. lies stock-still on his back on the floor of an art studio in St. Louis as an artist
Biometric surveillance by companies against consumers is a growing menace to our privacy, freedom of expression, and civil rights. Fortunately, a federal appeals court has ruled that a lawsuit against Facebook for its face surveillance may move forward. The decision, by the federal Ninth Circuit about an Illinois privacy
WITH THE SECTION 1557 RULE CHANGE, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS NOW DISMANTLED EVERY MAJOR TRANSGENDER PROTECTION IT CAN. (PHOTO CREDIT: CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES) The Trump administration announced Friday morning sweeping changes to the rules protecting transgender people from discrimination in health care. Combined with an
Yemenis gathered at the site of a Saudi-led coalition air strike in August 2018. PHOTO: STRINGER/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES Decision to speed delivery of 22 deals worth $8 billion; opponents decry administration’s move WASHINGTON—The Trump administration on Friday invoked a rarely used provision of American arms
