Federal and state laws are making it more challenging for communities to protect themselves against life-threatening toxins
Attempts to curtail free speech present an existential threat to the Writers Guild of America’s 11,000 members, who are still finding their footing amid an industry-wide contraction
SB 509 proposed to train local police to recognize “transnational repression.” Sikh and Hindu advocacy groups split over whether the bill protected vulnerable immigrant communities or infringed upon free speech
The law purports to target “revenge porn,” but experts and activists fear far-reaching censorship
Legislators claim HB 127 and SB 1349 are intended to protect Texas sovereignty, but organizers say “they’re trying to match what’s happening at the federal level”
Many young people on foreign visas are now avoiding summer travel to see their families
Philadelphia teacher Keziah Ridgeway alleges the district engaged in a pattern of discrimination and retaliation against her following a slew of incidents related to her support of Palestine
Thirty-eight states have penalized boycotts of Israel in measures that critics argue directly attack First Amendment rights
Turkish national and Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk is the latest student targeted by the Trump administration’s crackdown on speech in support of Palestinians
Nonprofit Israel Heritage Foundation has offered awards, held meetings with supporters of the bill and of other pro-Israel policies that threaten Palestinians and other mainstream civil liberties organizations
Sebastian Rowan was taken to jail on a Wednesday evening. That Friday, he defended his Ph.D. dissertation proposal. The University of New Hampshire graduate student was arrested in May when police swept a tent encampment students launched at a pro-Palestine protest on campus. Rowan was held overnight in jail,
Civil rights won a rare victory in Florida on March 11 when Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys reached a settlement that allows students and teachers to discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms as long as it’s not part of instruction. Florida’s House Bill
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