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MIDDLESEX, Vt. (WCAX) - Advocates of paid family and sick leave gathered at Camp Meade in Middlesex on Sunday, calling on state and federal lawmakers to grant paid leave to all.Hosted by the Vermont FaMLI (Family and Medical Leave…

DEARBORN, me. - A new push is underway in the town of Dearborn - which has the highest density of Arab Americans in the country - to get more voting information and ballots in Arabic.For voters who do not speak English, lawyers are…

Civil rights activists gathered at the State Capitol Friday to call on Governor Roy Cooper to pardon a Greenville man who served 24 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned.Show…

STATEN ISLAND, NY - “We've come a long way, but we still have a long way to go,” a phrase shared by various speakers during the New York City Racial Honing Juneteenth: Reflections on the Legacy of Racial Justice Justice Commission…

Returning to normal after the pandemic will depend in part on maintaining a dynamic workforce, especially those who take on hospitality and service jobs in the evenings. Many of these employees are parents who are very likely to…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnk4GG9WQKEThe suspect, shown in a ring video above, was arrested by police less than a day after the alleged attempt to break into a house. The homeowner later said: " were amazed at how…

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has indefinitely postponed a permit decision to move a highly polluting metal crushing and recycling facility after the US EPA said it could violate the civil rights of blacks and Latinos living there. "Key…

Pro-Trump and Pro-Biden protesters are separated from the police in Philadelphia, where Republicans insisted that Donald Trump's defeat was caused by widespread electoral fraud. Courts across the country found no evidence of…

In October 2019, Jaylene Rea spoke for the first time about her brother's fatal shots by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy earlier this year at a rally outside the Los Angeles Justice Hall. Later that evening, she was arrested - for no…

Allegations that sheriff MPs harass families who openly protest the killing of their loved ones by MPs are being addressed in a report due today by a coalition of civil rights groups. The findings of the report from the…