This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether Puerto Ricans should be constitutionally entitled to federal benefit programs, the California Supreme Court will decide whether a law prohibiting...
This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Claudette Colvin seeks expungement for her resistance to segregation laws. Photo credit: Julie Jacobson, Associated Press. Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, civil rights hero Claudette Colvin seeks expungement for resisting...
This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, activists support Ahmaud Arbery’s family as the jury selection continues in the trial of his alleged killers, the Supreme Court fast tracks a hearing on Texas’s abortion law, Howard University...
This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Indigenous leaders march to demand climate change action. Photo credit: Shadia Fayne Wood. Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, indigenous activists marched to the White House to demand action on climate change, California will begin...