New York City police stopped, questioned and frisked more than half a million people last year, 80 percent of them black and Hispanic, a civil-rights group said Thursday... Click Here for full...
Last week , community members in San Jose, California spoke out at a forum on police body-cameras. Their number one concern: cameras being turned on or off “when police officers feel like it.” This...
A lawsuit filed against Caterpillar corporation is seeking compensatory damages and an order to enjoin Caterpillar sales of bulldozers until Israel stops its practice of home demolitions.
Tabitha Mustafa is an Advocacy Program Manager at the Center for Constitutional Rights. Their work centers on increasing economic justice by researching racial injustice and corporate human rights...
... The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal in Lake Charles could take weeks or months to decide the case involving the 162-mile-long (260-kilometer) Bayou Bridge Pipeline, attorney Pamela Spees of the...
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Steven Salaita's employment lawsuit against the University of Illinois can proceed, rejecting the UI's motion to dismiss the case. In a written ruling, U.S...
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against six foreigners who hoped to sue officials from President George W. Bush's administration over alleged abuse in a Brooklyn jail after the 9/11 attacks. The...
A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging the use of "stop and frisk" searches by Philadelphia police, alleging that the policy is violating the rights of blacks...
"A federal appeals court on Friday rebuffed an effort by NYPD unions to keep alive an appeal of a ruling that found police stop-and-frisk practices unconstitutional and ordered reforms. .....
