Last Friday, a judge found the Arizona Department of Corrections and its administrators in civil contempt of court for failing to meet the conditions of a 2014 settlement concerning the quality of healthcare in state prisons. Arizona DOC director Charles Ryan and medical director Richard Pratt were both named in the ruling, which will emplace
In a much-awaited Tuesday decision, the Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s travel ban. The justices split primarily along party lines, voting 5-4 to affirm the president’s power to curb immigration in the interest of national security. The latest version of the ban—which was issued several times before being sent to the Supreme Court—places travel
Pregnant Discrimination Still an Issue for Women in the Workplace
No matter your gut reaction to reports of family separation at the border, there are some tough questions we must ask ourselves about them, and our future.
Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown is filing a lawsuit against the city of Milwaukee, claiming police violated his civil rights when they arrested him earlier this year. The lawsuit, which Sporting News reports was filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, names the city, Milwaukee police chief Alfonso Morales,
A disturbing lawsuit filed accuses administrators at Shiloh Treatment Center, some ways south of Houston, of subduing immigrant children with psychiatric drugs. The allegations are especially disconcerting in light of President Donald Trump’s recent comments on illegal immigration and the rights of detained children. While the commander-in-chief signed an executive order Wednesday designed to reduce
This month, the Ponca Nation and a Nebraskan farming family made history at the intersection of the Trail of Tears and the path of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Transgender Employee Settles Discrimination Lawsuit with Wal-Mart
Pregnant Women Don’t Have End-of-life Rights in Idaho
Survivors of the Pulse Nightclub killings in 2016 plan to pursue a civil rights lawsuit against the City of Orlando and the Orlando Police Department. The suit, reports WMFE, accuses law enforcement of violating the civil rights of survivors by not responding to reports of shots fired as quickly as they could have. A complaint