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Byline: Tori Lee As Ruby Bridges prepared to address a packed Rockefeller Chapel on Jan. 29, black-and-white footage of angry white mobs began to play. The images showed the six-year-old [...]

Seattle, WA (Grist) In a 6-1 ruling, the Montana Supreme Court affirmed their constitutional right to a 'clean and healthful environment.' Montana's Supreme Court has ruled that the 16 youth [...]

Byline: Jonathan NDA-Isaiah The Coalition of Nigerian Youth Leaders (CONYL) has declared its unequivocal support for Seyi Tinubu to contest the Lagos State governorship election in 2027, asserting that his [...]

Byline: Colby Itkowitz; Dan Balz VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania -- The hours-long wait in line snaking through Villanova University's campus would not deter Mikaela Oliver and hundreds of other students from casting [...]

TRENTON, NJ -- The following information was released by the office of the Attorney General of New Jersey: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) [...]

Byline: Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — After the suicide of a nonbinary student last February spurred a monthslong federal investigation, the US Department of Education found Title [...]

ALBANY, NY -- The following information was released by the office of the Governor of New York: Governor Hochul: 'It's been a great experience coming here seeing young people in [...]

On Thursday, (https://www.ecowatch.com/supreme-court-climate-lawsuits-oil-companies-biden.html) Hawaii agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by 13 young people alleging the state had violated their constitutional rights with infrastructure that adds to (https://www.ecowatch.com/greenhouse-gas-emissions-us-climate-goals.html) greenhouse (GHG) [...]

Byline: Dharna Noor and Lois Beckett Hawaii officials have announced what they called a 'groundbreaking' legal settlement with a group of young climate activists, which they said will force the [...]

On June 24, the State of Hawaii entered into a settlement agreement with a group of thirteen plaintiffs, all minor children, concerning the impact of climate change and the efforts [...]

Byline: Gloria Oladipo A Chicago teenager walked in her university's commencement program after making history for earning a doctorate degree at the age of 17. Dorothy Jean Tillman II celebrated [...]

PHILADELPHIA, PA -- The following information was released by the office of the Mayor of Philadelphia: Saterria Kersey Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations For 4 weeks, 15 youth began undertaking [...]

Byline: Marvin Hurst (KTVT) -- Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) -- A Dallas teenager says he has been repeatedly targeted at his high school, amid [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the Human Rights Campaign: by Delphine Luneau - April 29, 2024 State and Tribal Foster Care Agencies Will Be Required to [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the DC Office of Human Rights: OHR aims to empower a new generation of changemakers in the District by providing them [...]

Byline: Shiloh Kantz To honor the start of Black History Month today, I'd like to take a look back at a program that started life during the civil rights movement [...]

Byline: Ernesto Londoño and Mitch Smith After losing in statehouses, supporters of transgender rights filed lawsuits in at least 14 states to convince judges that transition care for minors was [...]

Byline: H.M. Cauley - For the AJC DEKALB EAST LAKE The John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation launched in Atlanta last year to honor the memory and work of the [...]

Critics say the Conservative government's new requirements are meant to discourage voting by young people and members of minority groups, who are likely to be Labour voters. The rituals around [...]

BATON ROUGE, LA. -- The following information was released by the Human Rights Campaign: by HRC Staff - June 30, 2023 BATON ROUGE, LA. -- Today, the Human Rights Campaign [...]

Byline: Moriah Balingit A state court judge ruled Tuesday that some of Pennsylvania's schools are so underfunded that they violate students' constitutional right to an education, a ruling that could [...]

Byline: H.M. Cauley For the AJC SOUTHSIDE RIVERDALE The 400 middle schoolers from the DuBois Integrity Academy who took an October field trip found themselves traveling beyond the Riverdale school [...]

BOSTON, MA -- The following information was released by the office of the Massachusetts Attorney General: Thomas Dalton, Deputy Press Secretary BOSTON -- Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has joined [...]

STONECREST: Dr. Jamal Bryant has issued the following news release: Like so many, I am appalled at the racist venom spewed by Georgia-based football coach and speed trainer, Mark Taylor, [...]

STONECREST, Ga., April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Like so many, I am appalled at the racist venom spewed by Georgia-based football coach and speed trainer, Mark Taylor, on private videos [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the office of California Rep. Barbara Lee: Today,á Reps. Barbara Lee (CA-12) ,á Mark Takano (CA-39) , and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the office of California Rep. Mark Takano: Today, Reps. Mark Takano (CA-39), Barbara Lee (CA-12), and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) released a [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the Human Rights Campaign: by Delphine Luneau - March 24, 2023 House Leaders Prioritize Politics Over Parents, While Continuing To Ignore [...]

(JURIST) - A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled Tuesday that a program providing contraceptives to teenagers without prior parental consent violates the [...]

Byline: Will Bunch May 24Another Monday, another bad Supreme Court decision, and I suddenly remembered what it was like starting grade school amid the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights [...]

(JURIST) - A US federal district judge Friday denied 19-year-old Corionsa Khorry Rameys emergency petition to attend her fathers execution. US District Judge for the Western District of Missouri Brian [...]

CONCORD, NH -- The following information was released by the office of the New Hampshire Attorney General: Attorney General John M. Formella announces the initiation of enforcement actions by the [...]

2023 APR 28 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Entertainment Newsweekly -- Like so many, I am appalled at the racist venom spewed by Georgia-based football coach [...]

Byline: Dylan Jefferies Jan. 9Civil rights pioneer, politician, diplomat and activist Andrew Jackson Young Jr. will visit Vancouver on Jan. 17 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He will speak [...]

Byline: Hannah Natanson Anna Geisler, 16, was about to walk outside and drive to her summer job waitressing at a Michigan cafe when her mother approached. Her face told Anna [...]