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Posted by Kate Sullivan, CNN(CNN) - The Biden government on Monday released guidelines and resources to assist…

Today, on the 31st Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), we celebrate the inclusion and access promoted by the landmark civil rights law for disabled Americans. Grounded in four core outcomes of full…

WASHINGTON - The US Department of Justice will defend a law that does not provide certain social security benefits to Puerto Rican residents, despite President Joe Biden this week saying the provision is "contrary to my…

"This is the first step for the Biden administration in this area," said Katie Keith, an advisor and research fellow at Georgetown University who has closely followed numerous civil rights litigation disputes. "This is far from the end for…

DETROIT - Typical public education initiatives that get a lot of attention, such as teacher salary increases and preschool funding, take a back seat to emergency needs as schools reopen classrooms and provide services…

Welcome to the February 8 edition of Bold Justice, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. For all…

Here’s what you need to know:The acting Capitol Police chief, Yogananda D. Pittman, told a House panel that the agency “failed to meet its own high standards as well as yours.”Credit...J. Scott Applewhite/Associated PressThe acting chief of…

With just a dozen days in power, the Trump administration last Friday approved a radically different Medicaid funding system in Tennessee that would, for the first time, give the state broader authority in running the…

"If people say no, I really have to do something about it," says Judith Heumann, US pioneer in disability rights, who advised Presidents Clinton and Obama. As a young activist, Heumann fought the New York School Board in 1970 to become…

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The Trump administration continued its string of post-election executions on Friday by killing a Louisiana truck driver who badly abused his 2-year-old daughter for weeks in 2002, and then killing her by her head hit a…