MARBLEHEAD — A panel of local immigration experts shared how people can push back against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, including donating to legal defense funds for immigrants…
Read more Immigration experts share how to push back against Trump’s actionsCHICAGO — From jokes about his well-known stubbornness to tears grieving the loss of a parent, the adult children of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. gave an…
Read more The children of late civil rights leader Jesse Jackson honor his legacy a day after his deathMARBLEHEAD — A panel of local immigration experts shared ways people can push back against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, including donating to legal defense funds for immigrants…
Read more Immigration experts share how locals can push back against Trump’s actionsESSEX — For Maureen Flatley , there is possibly no task greater than protecting children. Flatley, who has lived in Essex since 2002, was recently named president of…
Read more Essex resident heading up Stop Child PredatorsFORT MYERS, Fla. — Former detainees planned to testify Wednesday about conditions at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” as a federal…
Read more Detainees to testify about legal access at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’Civil rights photographer and artist Gordon Parks’ legacy continues to expand today, even as the 20th anniversary of his death arrives on March 7. However, the Gordon Parks…
Read more How artist Gordon Parks’ foundation keeps his legacy growing, even as it searches for new fundingPARIS — French lawmakers approved a bill banning social media for children under 15, paving the way for the measure to enter into force at the start of…
Read more French lawmakers approve bill banning social media for children under 15PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers approved a bill banning social media for children under 15, paving the way for the measure to enter into force at the start…
Read more French Lawmakers Approve Bill Banning Social Media for Children Under 15WASHINGTON (AP) — The fatal shooting over the weekend of a Minneapolis man has prompted calls for a thorough independent investigation into the second death at the hands…
Read more What We Know About the Investigations Into the Minneapolis Shooting Death of Alex PrettiBOSTON — State Auditor Diana DiZoglio said she plans to sue the agency that oversees Logan International Airport, accusing officials of withholding details of settlements with state employees…
Read more DiZoglio to sue MassPort over settlement detailsBOHEMIA, N.Y. — A New York school district is “erasing its Native American heritage” and violating civil rights law by changing its team name from the “Thunderbirds” to…
Read more School violated civil rights law in ‘Thunderbirds’ to ‘T-Birds’ name change, US saysATLANTA (AP) — Against a backdrop of political division and upheaval, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter said the holiday honoring her father’s legacy comes as “somewhat…
Read more Why Bernice King Sees MLK Day as a ‘Saving Grace’ in Today’s Political ClimateCanada, under Pierre Trudeau in the early 1970s, was among the first Western nations to recognize the communist government in China, nearly a decade ahead of the United…
Read more Canada and China: A half-century journey from Pierre Trudeau to Mark CarneyWASHINGTON — The Justice Department does not believe there is any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation of the killing of a woman by a U.S.…
Read more Justice Department sees no basis for civil rights probe of ICE shootingThe men told reporters in Venezuela’s capital that they hope legal organizations can push their claims in court. Their press conference was organized by Venezuela’s government, which had…
Read more Venezuelan Migrants Sent to El Salvador Demand Justice After US Judge RulingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security has dropped its plan to deport a Chinese national who entered the country illegally, two rights activists said Monday, after…
Read more US Drops Plan to Deport Chinese National Who Exposed Xinjiang Abuses, Rights Activists SayBOSTON — Foreshadowing a legal challenge, Massachusetts Attorney General Campbell is joining a chorus of criticism over the Trump administration’s move to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors…
Read more Democrats vow to challenge ban on gender-affirming careImmigrant activist Jeanette Vizguerra is on the precipice of being released from an immigration detention facility after an immigration judge ruled Sunday that she can post bail. Denver…
Read more Jeanette Vizguerra, detained immigrant activist, likely to be released in coming daysBOSTON — Sen. Ed Markey is renewing criticism of federal authorities for “inhumane” conditions at a Burlington ICE facility where people detained on immigration violations are held before…
Read more Markey blasts ‘inadequate’ conditions at ICE facilityVILNIUS, Lithuania — Belarus freed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova and dozens of other political prisoners on Saturday, capping two days of…
Read more Belarus frees Nobel Prize winner, opposition figure as US lifts sanctions