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Trump news at a glance: White House celebrates as civil rights groups condemn supreme court’s Voting Rights Act ruling

Court’s 6-3 decision is a major upheaval in US civil rights law and gives lawmakers permission to draw districting plans that weaken the influence of Black and other minority voters– key US politics stories from Wednesday 29 April at a glance

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court narrows voting law, lifting GOP odds of keeping House

The ruling could reshape voting all across the South and could boost the Republican majority in the House.

Axios

Former Nebraska women’s basketball coach admitted to having sex with player, attorney claims

Ashley Scoggin filed a lawsuit against the coach, Chuck Love, in 2024, alleging that her civil rights were violated in the lead-up to her dismissal

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Bristol launches summer of activist events to become UK civil rights capital

Programme of events announced on anniversary of Bristol bus boycott aimed at inspiring new social manifesto for city

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RIP Jack Thornell: the press photographer who captured James Meredith's assassination attempt, but worried he'd be fired for not getting the photo – only to go on and win a Pulitzer

We look back at the late photojournalist's extraordinary career

Digital Camera World

Ted Bundy DNA Case Explains Why New DNA Tech Is Changing Cold Case Outcomes

Civil rights attorney Shari Karney notes how DNA technology has solved a Ted Bundy case after 50 years, providing closure to victims' families.

International Business Times UK

Lawmakers and Activists Demand Answers After ICE Detainees Launch Hunger Strike at Michigan Facility

Lawmakers and civil rights groups in Michigan are demanding an independent investigation of the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, Michigan. The initiative came after immigrants under custody in the privately operated ICE facility launched a hunger and labor strike to protest what advocates described as medical neglect, inadequate food,…

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Indian-origin Trump aide slammed for her outfit joke after White House shooting: 'I lost some professional respect for you'

Harmeet Dhillon, the Indian-origin aide of President Donald Trump, who was present at the White House dinner where a shooting took place targeting the administration officials, made some jokes that did not go down well with a majority of the social media users. The assistant attorney general for the Civil…

The Times of India

Civil Rights Groups Issue Grave Warning for World Cup Visitors to the U.S.

The Trump administration may pose a threat to fans coming to the U.S. this summer.

Sports Illustrated

‘I saw the backlash coming’: civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw on America and race

She coined the term ‘intersectionality’ and helped to develop critical race theory, now her life’s work is under attack by Washington’s war on ‘woke’. As her memoir is published, the legal scholar explains why she’ll never stop speaking truth to power

The Guardian - UK

AP photographer Jack Thornell's iconic images of civil rights and beyond

Former Associated Press photographer Jack Thornell 's Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of a shotgun-felled James Meredith looking back toward his would-be assassin on a Mississippi highway in 1966 became an enduring image of the Civil Rights Movement.

The Independent UK

Trump brands Southern Poverty Law Center ‘one of the greatest political scams in American history’

President Donald Trump blasts civil rights organization after his DOJ charges it with concealing the payment of at least $3 million to informants embedded with domestic extremist groups

The Independent UK

Trump administration’s indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center breaks with norms – and may lack evidence of criminal wrongdoing

The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted on April 21, 2026, on federal fraud charges. The Justice Department alleges that the civil rights group known as the SPLC improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist and extremist groups for…

The Conversation

Civil rights groups condemn Southern Poverty Law Center's indictment and prepare for legal fights

The Southern Poverty Law Center's indictment is sparking outrage among civil rights leaders

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Groups sue Alaska election officials, allege the sharing of voter data with DOJ was unconstitutional

Voting and civil rights groups are suing Alaska elections officials, alleging their sharing of the state’s voter registration list with the U.S. Department of Justice is unconstitutional

The Texas Tribune

Houston City Council approves gutting policy limiting ICE cooperation, civil rights groups say

In contrast to the civil rights groups’ assessment, Houston’s city attorney told council members that the amendment — crafted by the mayor’s staff and the governor’s office — brings no major changes.

The Guardian - US

Democrats celebrate as Virginia voters approve new congressional maps that could flip House seats in their favor – as it happened

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Why was the Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges?

Charges alleged the center paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups without disclosing payments to donors

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The Independent UK

What to know about the Southern Poverty Law Center and why it is being indicted

What to know about the Southern Poverty Law Center's history and controversies

The Guardian - US

Requests for US legal aid linked to Palestine activism far surpass pre-2023 levels

Civil rights group logs 300% yearly rise from before war and says ‘authoritarian repression … went into overdrive’

The Guardian - US

Harmeet Dhillon: DoJ lawyer a top contender for Trump’s retribution mission

Pugilistic presence has laid waste to civil rights decision – her take-no-prisoners approach has alarmed legal experts but earned president’s plaudits

International Business Times

What a Former Army Ranger Thinks About Iran, War, and Why Young Men Should Serve

Cyrus Norcross is a former Army Ranger, podcaster, and Native American civil rights advocate. He's a traveling journalist, avid dancer, and someone who has spent the years since Afghanistan trying to make sense of what American military intervention actually accomplishes — and what it doesn't.

The Conversation

Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas not only recorded an anthem for the civil rights era – they fought for fair pay and proudly called themselves divas

The CBS television show “It’s What’s Happening Baby” aired a music video featuring Martha and the Vandellas performing their hit song “Nowhere to Run” to kick off its national broadcast dedicated to Detroit on June 28, 1965.

The Independent UK

Teen whose eye was surgically removed after DHS shot him files civil rights complaint: ‘I’m in no way an agitator. I just had my camera’

Tucker Collins seeks $100M in damages after less-lethal munition struck his face and destroyed his eye

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‘The days of using federal funds to further discrimination are over’: IBM to pay $17 million in first-of-its-kind ‘Civil Rights Fraud Initiative’ settlement – Trump administration anti-DEI push seeks to strip businesses of ‘inherently divisive policies’

The first settlement claim under the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative will see IBM pay $17 million to the US government.

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