Civil rights attorney to sue Knox County sheriff, UT Medical over deaths of Black men
Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, who raised FIST, stands with the families of counsel Troy Jones and David Butts and Davon Saint-Germain on the far right. (Photo: Angela Dennis) Civil rights attorney Ben Crump visited Knoxville Wednesday to discuss the lawsuit against Knox County and the University of Tennessee Medical Center over the deaths of […]
House Committee Opens Investigation Into ‘Harvard’s Disregard’ For Civil Rights, Letter Says
The House Committee on Surveillance and Government Reform announced Thursday that it had released an investigation into alleged violations of the Civil Rights Act after rejecting the Trump administration’s request to address anti-Semitism on campus. Committee chair James Kommer and House Republican leader Ellis Stefanik are calling for documents to be submitted relating to anti-Semitic […]
Bill to give Tennessee AG civil rights oversight draws Democratic pushback over partisanship
“He has not been proven to be a complaint-free, independent agency or appointee,” said Sen. Charlan Oliver, a Democrat from Nashville, who has introduced a bill that will hand over an investigation into discrimination complaints against Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skulmetti. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout) The bill, which dissolved Tennessee’s independent civil rights watchdog and […]
Trump Education Department Says Maine Violated Civil Rights Laws By Allowing Men In Women’s Sports
The Department of Education (ED) announced Wednesday that the Maine Department of Education has been found in violation of Civil Rights Act to continue allowing men to compete in women’s sports. Edited The investigation has begun After a public vomit between President Donald Trump and Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills, he entered the state in […]
JD Foster: Democrats’ Trump Hatred Blew Up In Their Faces During Gov’t Funding Civil War
in “Godfather Part IIIMichael Corleone tells his nephew. It clouds your judgment. ” Corleone’s Wisdom is fully on display as he watched Democrats’ mist-bound performance in the recent fight for Continuous Budget Resolution (CR). Why do politicians never learn Corleone’s lessons? It’s okay to make all your feelings public, and Democrats are good at this. […]
Bill to bar Tennessee immigrants from filing civil lawsuits sets stage for exploitation • Tennessee Lookout
In 2008, she was pulled for a regular traffic violation, along with two children in a car, nine months pregnant. Instead of receiving the quote, Vilgas, originally from Mexico and living in Tennessee since 1996, was arrested. When she entered labor two days after her arrest, she was tied to a hospital bed. She returned […]
Iowa Becomes First State To Axe Transgender Protections From Civil Rights Code
Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the law on Friday with a bill waived transgender protections from the state’s civil rights code, making Hawkeye the first in the country to do so. invoice Gender is considered to be synonymous with biological sex under state law, not gender identity. Furthermore, people with sexual developmental disorders, including […]
Branch named civil deputy attorney for Coconino County
dá’deestł’inhótsaa The former Navajo Attorney General Ethel branch is the new deputy citizen attorney at the Coconino County Attorney’s Office. The branch that served as the 11th and 13th Attorney General of the Navajo Tribe was bįįhbitoodnii, born for Nakaii Dineye. She grew up on her family’s ranch south of Twizi. “We are excited to […]
Democrats Spiral Into Civil War Over How To Resist Trump, Lashing Out At Their Own Voters
Democrats are reportedly denounced their own voters as left-wing bases demand more action to combat the cost-cutting efforts of President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) . House Democrats aired complaints during Monday’s meeting about the zodiac sign 2.0 group of resistance, which directs members to flood the flood with members calling […]
The Tennessee politicians, civil rights leaders lost in 2024 • Tennessee Lookout
James Lawson Rev. James Lawson, a leader of the civil rights movement who trained many activists during his time in Nashville, died in June at the age of 95 after cardiac arrest. Lawson, a native of Ohio, worked as an Indian Methodist missionary, studied non-violent resistance techniques defended by Indian lawyer and anti-colonial activist Mahatma […]
