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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently launched a nationwide campaign to increase awareness of hate crimes and encourage victims and witnesses of hate-related crimes to report them to law

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked South Carolina's statewide ban on school mask mandates, arguing that the provision discriminates against students with disabilities. Judge Mary Geiger Lewis for the U.S. District Court for the...

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked South Carolina’s statewide ban on school mask mandates, arguing that the provision discriminates against students with disabilities. 

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked South Carolina's ban on school mask mandates. U.S. District Court Judge ...

A group of parents of disabled students sued the state of Iowa Friday for banning mask mandates at schools, claiming it infringes on their childrens equal right to education by endangering their health.

IOWA CITY — A group of parents of students with disabilities filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to strike down Iowas law banning schools from requiring masks, arguing it endangers their

Report Hate Crimes FBI Tells Public July 3, 2021 Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Members of the public should report hate crimes. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is engaged in a nationwide effort to build public awareness of hate crimes and encourage reporting to law enforcement.  Hate crimes are the highest priority of the FBI’s civil rights program because of the devastating impact they have on families and communities. Hate crimes are not only an attack on the victim—they ar...

Law enforcement kills nearly 1,000 civilians each year in the United States. And in more than 98 percent of those deadly encounters, the officers

Colin KalmbacherMay 10th, 2021, 4:37 pm A coalition led by the nation’s foremost civil liberties organization and nearly 200 families of people who say they’ve been victimized by law enforcement over the course of several decades have filed a request with the United Nations (UN) asking for the launch of a formal human rights inquiry into police violence and systemic racism throughout the United States. Addressed to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, the 13-page reque...

Letter Asks UN Human Rights Council to Investigate U.S. Police Brutality Against Black Americans On 5/10/21 at 10:01 AM EDT Nearly a year after George Floyds death inspired protests in the U.S. and around the world, families of Black Americans who died after encounters with law enforcement are calling upon the United Nations (U.N.) Human Rights Council (HRC) to launch an independent commission of inquiry into police violence against the countrys Black citizens. This isnt the first time the U.N....