Justice

The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a single agreement with 19 building owners * who rent space in their buildings to shops and restaurants.The agreement requires owners to repair their buildings in such a way that…

The US Department of Justice announced that a school district in Maine will end its practice of shortening school days for students with disability-friendly behavior. (Thinkstock) Students with disabilities in a…

In recent years, many people of different races and ethnicities have struggled against setbacks to hard-won racial advancement. From health inequalities exposed in the COVID-19 pandemic to voting rights,…

PORTLAND, Maine: Today the Department of Justice announced a settlement agreement with Lewiston Public Schools to end the district's systemic and discriminatory practice of excluding students from all-day school based on their behavior due…

A wide variety of state and federal laws and policies treat minors differently from adults. People must be 21 to buy alcohol. The youngest someone can be to enlist in the military is 17. In Nevada, a person must be 16 to apply for a full…

SAN DIEGO - After George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis last summer, special education educator Francia Pinillos felt an urge to speak to her students about race and social justice."It has been a…

Disability rights attorney, writer and attorney, Lydia XZ Brown, gave a talk on Microsoft on April 7th at 6:00 pm entitled “Weaving Crip, Mad, Queer, Trans Dreams: Disability Accessibility for Our Classrooms, Our Future…

The Department of Justice today decided to intervene in a disability discrimination lawsuit filed against the City of Chicago by private visually impaired plaintiffs under the Disabled Americans Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the…

Funding for a major justice advocacy service in NSW will expire in June An open letter signed by 70 eminent Australians calls on the New South Wales government to commit to…

Clockwise from top left: Samuel Valdez, Clay Martin, Talleri McRae, O Mae Duchess Davis (photo and styling by Brettina Davis, with the assistance of Jerad Christopher), Taja Will (photo by Nanne Sorvold, earrings by Maybell Eequay), and…