Time limits on housing assistance do not address the root cause of housing instability, which is a major contributor to poverty, and instead of reducing public costs, they can lead to increased costs ...

The ACLU has won a court case against the NIH for unlawfully targeting research involving "disfavored" topics and populations ...

A judge denied a defense motion to dismiss felony charges against three UC Davis students involved in a pro-Palestinian ...

The U.S. government has released 230,000 files related to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with the King family urging the public to view the documents with empathy and respect for ...

CHIRLA released an analysis showing that federal immigration enforcement actions in Los Angeles County between June 6 and ...

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed into law the Juvenile Curfew Emergency Amendment Act, expanding the city's curfew ...

Solitary confinement in US prisons and jails is linked to increased suicide rates, with 46% of suicides in federal prisons ...

Connecticut has passed a law that places clear limits on when law enforcement and the courts can restrain or detain minors, requiring officers to exhaust all other options before detaining a child and ...

San Francisco Superior Court Judge A. Marisa Chun presided over a preliminary hearing in a two-year-old case involving ...