Rights

Civil rights, human rights, and the ongoing fight to protect them — our Rights section examines where freedoms are being defended, eroded, or denied. We cover the legal battles, grassroots movements, and institutional failures that shape who gets protection under the law.

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Rights Archive

Immigration lawyers rush to prevent imminent deportations to Libya, Saudi Arabia

Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller spoke about arrangements made to deport undocumented immigrants to Libya if their country of origin…

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Wrongful Deportation Case More About Individual Rights Than Foreign Policy

The wrongful deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is more about individual rights and due process. Not foreign policy.

NYU Demands Law Students Renounce Protests or Be Barred from Sitting Final Exams

After being banned from campus buildings following peaceful sit-ins, students said the disciplinary processes broke from school policies.

A Bomb Threat Targeted Student )rotesters. So Why Did They Get Blamed?

A bomb threat at Barnard College targeted the “terrorists/communists that are protesting.” But you wouldn’t know that from the school’s…

For Some Black Landowners, 40 Acres and a Nightmare

For generations, Black land dispossession has robbed people of life and land. The current political climate could yield a repeat.

Students Sue Department of Defense for Pulling ‘DEI’ Books From its School Libraries

The lawsuit accuses the agency of violating the First Amendment rights of students by restricting lessons and library books related…

Pro-Palestinian University Students March in and Outside the Michigan Capitol

Approximately 60 University students marched in a pro-Palestinian protest at the Michigan Capitol to protest the Trump Administration’s deportation of…

Black laws for White supremacy

Ohio’s “Black Laws,” as the measures became known, gave white supremacy priority over justice.

The attorney detained at a Detroit airport is the escalation we warned you about.

In an escalation of the college student arrests, an attorney detained at a Detroit airport for representing someone targeted for…

Voices From the Hands Off protest. #Protest #HandsOff

Hear what people were saying during the Hands Off protest—A day of protests all over the U.S. against the Trump…

In Trump’s America, You Can Be Disappeared for Writing an Op-Ed

The Trump administration’s detention of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk rests on an opinion article she wrote in 2024, her lawyers…

The Government Wants Americans to Report on Antiracist Activity … Again

The Trump administration is urging Americans to report on antiracist activity, echoing historical tactics like the Fugitive Slave Act and…