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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - The backlash over National Grid's North Brooklyn Pipeline continues. A coalition of community leaders and activists has filed a civil rights complaint with the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection…

The federal government on Monday opened a civil rights investigation under Governor Bill Lee's executive order on masks and threatens to take action against Tennessee if it finds a violation of US law.…

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Loved ones gathered around the pink coffin of civil rights legend Lucille Times on Saturday for a tour of the Phillips-Riley Funeral Home in Montgomery.Times passed earlier this week. During the visit, her family…

The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that it is investigating five Republican-led states that have banned masking requirements in schools, saying the guidelines may discriminate against students with disabilities or health…

The Department's Civil Rights Bureau sent letters to senior state school officials in five states - Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah - informing them of new investigations into whether…

Birdie Lee Walker is 102 years old and celebrates his birthday this month. Except: "I voted in Liberty." And that: "I just went down there and told them I wanted to vote." Sounds easy now, but it…

As the culture editor of the scene, Erica Ciccarone, reported last week, Ernest "Rip" Patton has died. I'm not going to repeat everything Erica said. You can read it yourself. Like Kwame Lillard, who died…

Massachusetts lawmakers and advocates of criminal justice are calling for changes to the law that governs how law enforcement officers seize and retain seized cash and property in suspected drug offenses. The advance follows an…

Enforcement of civil rights The US Attorney's Office campaigns for the aggressive enforcement of state civil rights law in Maryland. With limited exceptions, the US Attorney's Office represents the United States of America, not a specific…