Five-point shackles over open wounds. Foul-smelling milk provided in solitary confinement. Feces left in shower cells. These incidents and others were reported to the ACLU and other legal aid ...

WESTFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - Westfield State University has been hit with a federal civil rights complaint for alleged racial discrimination, but they’re not the only university in New England ...

Two conservative organizations accused Chicago Public Schools and the Illinois State Board of Education of violating Title IX, a federal law banning sex discrimination in education. They cited CPS ...

DENVER – The American Civil Liberties Union, Public Justice, Eisenberg & Baum, LLP, and ACLU of Colorado filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division and the Equal Employment Opportunity ...

Albert Toombs filed a civil complaint Monday against Midlothian High School principal Shawn Abel, athletic director Patrick Steele and Chesterfield County Public Schools, alleging that he was ...

Conservative groups file a federal complaint against Illinois and Chicago for extending Title IX protections to include gender identity. Students hold flags as they protest against Katy ISD's new ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

YORK, Maine — The Maine Attorney General's Office is accusing a Kittery man of violating the civil rights of an immigrant from the Democratic Republic of Congo, who was hired to replace flooring ...

The Maine Attorney General’s office has filed enforcement action under the Maine Civil Rights Act against a Kittery man. According to Attorney General Aaron Frey, Alexander Treshinsky, 35, hired a ...

Dr. Gilbert Commissiong, the surgeon named in a wrongful death lawsuit, is accused of negligence in the botched weight-loss surgery of Jade Barber. The December 2023 death of 29-year old Virgin ...