Tag: Kristen Clarke
Multiple lawsuits filed against Alabama officials over systemic discrimination of children...
Multiple lawsuits were filed yesterday in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama against Nancy Buckner, Commissioner of...
Thousands converge on National Mall to mark the March on Washington’s...
Thousands converged Saturday on the National Mall for the 60th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington, saying a country that...
Alabama corrections supervisor convicted of federal charges
A former Alabama prison supervisor was convicted of federal civil rights charges for the 2020 beating of three prisoners and writing a...
Ashland Housing Authority settles discrimination lawsuit
The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday that it has settled a discrimination lawsuit accusing an Alabama housing authority of steering residents to...
Alabama Medicaid to end sobriety mandate on hepatitis treatment
The U.S. Department of Justice said Monday that it has entered into a settlement agreement with Alabama’s Medicaid program to end a...
DOJ finds Alabama’s foster care system violates law
The federal government on Wednesday said the state of Alabama illegally discriminates against children in foster care with behavioral and emotional disabilities.
School system enters settlement in desegregation case
A federal judge has approved an agreement to settle a long-running desegregation case with a north Alabama school system, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Deal could end desegregation case in Alabama school system
A federal judge will consider an agreement between the Justice Department, civil rights attorneys, and school officials in an east Alabama county...
Federal prosecutors announce environmental justice probe in Lowndes County
The U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday that it has embarked on a historic environmental justice investigation into an impoverished Alabama county’s...
Joe Biden to name judge Merrick Garland as attorney general
President-elect Joe Biden has selected Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat...
