Tag: Civil rights
Trailblazing Latino Judge Ricardo M. Urbina Dies at 79
Ricardo M. Urbina, a groundbreaking Latino judge and former track star, passed away at the age of 79 in Washington. He was known for...
Juneteenth: End of Slavery Proclamation in Texas on June 19, 1865
Juneteenth is a significant day in history that originated in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865, when enslaved people were finally informed of their...
Riley Gaines Celebrates Victory Against Biden Administration’s Title IX Changes
A U.S. district court in Kentucky recently made a decision to stop the implementation of the Biden administration's new Title IX protections for transgender...
Demolition of Los Angeles’s Anti-LGBTQ Relic
The road signs along Griffith Park Boulevard in Silver Lake that prohibited U-turns from midnight to 6 a.m. were not just typical traffic regulations...
Federal Agency Cannot Require Louisiana and Mississippi to Provide Employee Accommodations for Abortions
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction in a case brought by Louisiana, Mississippi and a group of Catholics to stop a federal rule...
Challenges Arise as Six More States Block Biden Administration’s New Title IX Rules
A federal judge has recently blocked the Biden administration's new Title IX rules in six additional states, adding to the challenges faced by the...
CUNY and University of Michigan Fail to Assess Israel-Hamas Protests Impact on Campus Environment
The Department of Education found that the University of Michigan and the City University of New York did not properly investigate whether campus incidents...
Education Department Finds Michigan and CUNY Mishandled Discrimination Complaints
The Education Department recently announced that the University of Michigan and the City University of New York mishandled discrimination complaints during campus protests related...