By Samantha Monteiro, Communications Intern This guest post does not necessarily reflect the views or expertise of Human Rights First. A 41-year-old Honduran man named Aaron had been living in ...
Reporters from ProPublica recently exposed how the Trump administration is attempting to quietly abandon key aspects of federal civil rights enforcement, including “verbal instructions” from senior ...
Exactly 57 years ago, President John F. Kennedy made an impassioned pitch for stronger consumer rights. “If consumers are offered inferior products, if prices are exorbitant, if drugs are unsafe or ...
Donald Trump’s administration has decimated the “crown jewel” of the Department of Justice. Dozens of career officials working in the department’s storied civil rights division have left in a mass ...
President Trump’s HHS budget request to Congress slashes funding for civil rights enforcement and patient privacy protections while increasing funding for religious exemptions. OCR Director Roger ...
In late March, a draft letter from the acting U.S. Trade Representative meant to notify Congress of the Administration’s intention to renegotiate NAFTA began to circulate. A brief outline of potential ...
The General Assembly is poised to make the first major changes in more than 25 years to the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, with leaders in both legislative chambers saying they’re committed ...