As the five-year anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in favor of same sex marriage is celebrated along with the court’s June ruling prohibiting employee discrimination based on sexual orientation, a decision from the highest court in its next term will affect LGBTQ rights when…
Florida felons will not get the opportunity to vote in the state’s primary election in August after the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to weigh in on the fight over the issue, at least not yet. The decision did not include a written ruling. The…
On the heels of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming that religious schools are largely exempt from most employment discrimination claims, some fear the ruling is concerningly broad and affords churches a blanket license to show prejudice. The Supreme Court in its 7-2 decision…
A recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court has the potential to leave more than 61 million women without insurance coverage for birth control, based on the decision of their employers, one advocacy group says. Those who favor the decision, though, say it is a…
Colleges and their international students across the country are breathing a collective sigh of relief after the Trump Administration this week abruptly reversed a rule that would have forced foreign students to face deportation had universities held strictly virtual classes this fall to help stem…
Countless protests across the country and worldwide following the May 25 death of George Floyd may have you inspired to march, donate or speak out about law enforcement and race relations in America. But you might have some lingering questions on the consequences of doing…
After Florida’s governor preempted a pending Orange County charter amendment that would protect two rivers, a local advocacy group sued, testing a growing movement known as Rights of Nature. Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed the “Clean Waterways Act”, which puts more regulations on septic tanks…
As soaring unemployment continues amid the COVID-19 pandemic and food pantries remain closed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has limited who can receive emergency funds for food assistance, leaving out some of the most vulnerable families. Two nonprofit California-based groups representing those families are suing…
A Supreme Court ruling this week blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to immediately shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, relieves, for the time being, the uncertainty 650,000 children born to undocumented immigrants have faced since President Donald Trump’s second year in office. But the struggle for the “dreamers,” as that group is called, is far from over.
As the nation inches closer to what will surely be a contentious presidential election in November, efforts are underway to secure voter rights and quash suppression and voter disenfranchisement.