Civil rights
Inside the legal battle: High Court rules on wartime protests and freedom of speech - explainer
The legal battle over Saturday’s anti-war protests explores the tension between wartime security restrictions and the right to protest. The High Court’s intervention sets a significant precedent.
Petition targets newly passed death penalty law, calling it discriminatory, unconstitutional
Over 1,100 rabbis sign onto letter supporting immigrant rights: ‘Do Not Oppress the Stranger’
Josephine Baker: Dancer, spy, and champion against racism and antisemitism
Jesse Jackson helped legitimize the antisemitism poisoning America today - opinion
In legitimizing high-brow and low-brow antisemitism, he strengthened the ideological foundation triggering today’s multi-dimensional Jew-hating storm, uniting anti-Zionism with antisemitism.
Jewish students warn against politicizing campus antisemitism at Civil Rights Commission meeting
The commission, which has the power to issue subpoenas, is appointed by Congress and the president and currently has a narrow Democratic majority.
Jesse Jackson, US civil rights leader and two-time candidate, dies at 84
Jackson was a civil rights icon, a Baptist minister, and ran twice as a candidate for the Democratic Party presidential primaries.
MLK was clear: Anti-Zionism is antisemitism - opinion
The question is not what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would say today – he already told us. The question is whether we are prepared to listen.
Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer who defied bus segregation, dies at 86
Although she remained a largely unsung figure in the civil rights movement for decades, Colvin's 1955 act of rebellion inspired Parks and others.
Kennedy seeks to cut US children's access to gender-affirming care
Kennedy proposed rules barring hospitals that provide such care from participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs and prohibiting Medicaid from paying for it.
Israel won't be democratic without equality for all citizens, including Palestinians - opinion
Most Palestinian citizens of Israel accept Israel being the democratic nation-state of the Jewish people but demand it should also be the state of all its citizens.
High Court of Justice strikes down police ID-check procedures due to racial profiling
The ruling cancels two sections of police procedure: Requiring ID based on generalized “concern” of an offense, and verifying a person’s details on the police computer without reasonable suspicion.
US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson hospitalized, under observation for PSP
US civil rights icon Jesse Jackson, 84, is hospitalized with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disorder confirmed last year. He had previously been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Alyza Lewin to Lead U.S. Affairs at Combat Antisemitism Movement
The veteran civil rights attorney will help direct national strategy, engagement, and cooperation with government agencies, academic institutions, and civil society partners