March 2014BOSTON — “Free, free Palestine!” protesters shouted, carrying a 30-foot-long Palestinian flag through the streets. At first glance, the 150 people gathered just outside Northeastern...
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Updated: December 4, 2023
Canaan Baptist Church of Christ is celebrating its 81st anniversary on Sunday, May 19th. On each anniversary, the church awards an individual or organization with the Wyatt Tee Walker Humanitarian...
Updated: May 21, 2013
January 2015"In a suit against the administration of the University of Illinois seeking his reinstatement as a professor at the school, scholar Steven Salaita also sued unnamed “John Doe donors” of the...
August 3, 2015An Idaho law enacted to permit the state to jail anyone, who conducts undercover investigations and secretly records animal abuse, was rejected as unconstitutional by a federal judge today. The...
September 1, 2015California has agreed to end its controversial practice of indefinite solitary confinement of former gang leaders. After a settlement was reached Tuesday, the California Department of Corrections and...
October 14, 2015A US court said Tuesday that a civil rights lawsuit accusing New York City police of improperly singling out Muslims for surveillance could proceed, reversing a lower court’s decision last year to...
October 13, 2015A federal appeals court has reinstated a civil rights lawsuit against the New York Police Department that accuses police of spying on Muslims in New Jersey. A three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S...
February 23, 2016The release of the Obama administration's plan to close the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention centre has been met with criticism from US conservatives and a lawyer for former Australian detainee...
February 26, 2016President Obama unveiled a formal plan this week to finally close the notorious Guantanamo Bay detention camp by the end of his term, a goal he no doubt believes is central to his legacy. Yet,...
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