Justice Dept. Investigates Minnesota Prosecutor Office Over Race Policy
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Justice Dept. Investigates Minnesota Prosecutor Office Over Race Policy

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division said on Saturday that she was investigating a new policy in Minnesota’s largest county to determine whether it illegally considers race as a factor in plea deals. Harmeet K. Dhillon, the assistant attorney general…

Alexis Herman, First Black Secretary of Labor, Dies at 77
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Alexis Herman, First Black Secretary of Labor, Dies at 77

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Alexis Herman, a Democratic Party insider who grew up under segregation in Alabama and went on to become the first Black secretary of labor, a position in which she helped settle a crippling strike by United Parcel Service workers, died on Friday in…

Trump Administration Opens Civil Rights Inquiry Into a Long Island Mascot Fight
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Trump Administration Opens Civil Rights Inquiry Into a Long Island Mascot Fight

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Federal education officials said on Friday that they had opened a civil rights inquiry into whether New York State could withhold state money from a Long Island school district that has refused to follow a state requirement and drop its Native American mascot….

Inside Trump’s Pressure Campaign on Universities
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Inside Trump’s Pressure Campaign on Universities

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Follow live updates on the Trump administration. As he finished lunch in the private dining room outside the Oval Office on April 1, President Trump floated an astounding proposal: What if the government simply canceled every dollar of the nearly $9 billion promised…

How Might the Trump Administration Target D.E.I. in Public Schools?
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How Might the Trump Administration Target D.E.I. in Public Schools?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines What counts as a D.E.I. program in a school? And how do such programs differ from simply learning and talking about race and identity? Those questions have been central to local education debates over the past five years. Now, they are most likely…

Columbia Makes Concessions to Trump Amid Bid to Reclaim Federal Funds
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Columbia Makes Concessions to Trump Amid Bid to Reclaim Federal Funds

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Columbia University agreed on Friday to make changes to its protest rules, campus security policies and Middle Eastern studies department in a remarkable concession to the Trump administration, which had refused to consider restoring $400 million in federal funding without an overhaul. The…

Hazel N. Dukes, Longtime Civil Rights Stalwart, Dies at 92
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Hazel N. Dukes, Longtime Civil Rights Stalwart, Dies at 92

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Hazel N. Dukes, an early and unwavering crusader for civil rights who survived personal, professional and political setbacks to serve for nearly a half-century as the perennial president of New York State’s N.A.A.C.P., died on Saturday at her home in Harlem. She was…

Iowa Lawmakers Pass Bill to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections
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Iowa Lawmakers Pass Bill to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Iowa lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill on Thursday that would end state civil rights protections for transgender people. Advocates for L.G.B.T.Q. rights said that Iowa would become the first state to remove such broad and explicit protections for trans people if the Republican-backed…

Opinion | A Racist Purge Almost Destroyed My Family. Another One Is Coming.
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Opinion | A Racist Purge Almost Destroyed My Family. Another One Is Coming.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Koji Kudo, ID badge #4441-G. His head is shaved, likely by one of my aunts, with the old manual hair clippers that he used to complain cut into his scalp. He’s barely 5-foot-3, according to the height chart behind him. The badge is…

Justice Dept. Reaches Deal to Monitor Troubled Atlanta Jail
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Justice Dept. Reaches Deal to Monitor Troubled Atlanta Jail

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Justice Department has struck a deal with officials in Fulton County, Georgia, to appoint a monitor to try to ensure its troubled jail addresses long-running problems with safety, staffing and sanitation. The tentative agreement, which was announced Friday, must still be approved…