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Nov 18, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Comment on Department of Education’s Dismantling of Core Civil Rights and Education Offices
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it will transfer critical work to other federal agencies — an unprecedented move that undermines the departm...
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Racial Justice
Disability Rights
Oct 02, 2025
Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Blocking N.H. State Law Attacking Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Law would have forced K-12 public school educators and colleges and universities to guess what was prohibited or risk loss of funding
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Racial Justice
Sep 04, 2025
Federal Court Grants Temporary Restraining Order Blocking Latest New Hampshire Law Attacking Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Law would have forced K-12 public school educators and colleges and universities to guess what was prohibited or risk loss of funding
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Racial Justice
Aug 21, 2025
Supreme Court Issues Partial Stay in NIH Research Grants Case
WASHINGTON — In a significant setback for public health, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts likely lacked jurisdict...
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Racial Justice
Court case: APHA v. NIH
Aug 07, 2025
Educators, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, NEA-NH, and GLAD Law Sue New Hampshire Over Yet Another Unconstitutional Attack on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
CONCORD, N.H. — A diverse group of educators and advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit today challenging a new anti-equity, anti-inclusion, and anti-diversity law in New Hampsh...
Jul 23, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Comment on Trump Administration’s AI Action Plan
Plan thwarts the will of Congress and endangers civil rights
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
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News & CommentaryAug 2026
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Montana Sets Gold Standard For Indigenous Education Nationwide. Explore News & Commentary.Montana Sets Gold Standard for Indigenous Education Nationwide
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Montana, and the Native American Rights Fund reached a landmark settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit over the state’s failure to implement its own Indigenous education law. -
News & CommentaryAug 2026
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A Multi-generational Fight For Desegregated Schools In Los Angeles. Explore News & Commentary.A Multi-Generational Fight for Desegregated Schools in Los Angeles
For more than 40 years, equal access to educational opportunities of Los Angeles students under the California Constitution have been protected by a court order. Now, those court-ordered protections are being challenged. -
News & CommentaryJul 2026
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Federal Funding Should Support Communities, Not Political Agendas. Explore News & Commentary.Federal Funding Should Support Communities, Not Political Agendas
Congressional investments should reach the communities they were intended to serve. -
News & CommentaryMay 2026
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Studies Question Value Of Ai-assisted Police Reports. Explore News & Commentary.Studies Question Value of AI-Assisted Police Reports
Researchers asked experienced police supervisors to rate police reports, some of which were written by humans and some by AI