Groups of young people made appearances before immigrant court judges in New York this week as part of a new accelerated program under the Obama administration to deal with the surge of unaccompanied minors from Central America.
New York congressional representatives Hakim Jeffries and Yvette D. Clarke said at a press conference outside the headquarters of the NYPD that they've written to Attorney General Eric Holder of the Department of Justice requesting a federal probe into the sudden death of Eric Garner.
Latino civil rights group LULAC announced a national campaign to help immigrant children refugees, including a national day of action and a writing campaign for media editors and elected officials.
President Obama speaks out for the first time about the shooting death of Mike Brown in Ferguson, St. Louis and calls for peace and calm. A social media activists organizes a national vigil of silence in towns across the US in four days to remember the victims of police brutality.
A federal civil rights trial began in North Carolina this week that accused a sheriff of carrying out racial profiling against Latino motorists and jailing them for traffic violations rather than issuing citations.
The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday they charged 14 people in three separate indictments over identity fraud, theft and money laundering for their role in trafficking the identities and documents of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens.
Primaries are being held throughout the U.S., with Connecticut, Minnesota and Wisconsin holding theirs on Tuesday. A controversial Republican candidate victory in Wisconsin is likely to lead to a recount when he was declared a winne,r but the victory narrowed after one county experiencing computer problems closed the margin of victory.
Subway artists are fighting back against stepped up arrests, some include fines of $100, others are felonies. Artists say the NYPD arrests violate the MTA's own rules concerning artist performance and want those rules respected.
Expedited deportation proceedings are in motion in Immigration Court, but New York elected officials are creating a legal task force to make sure children from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador get proper legal counsel.
The U.S. Justice Department announced this week that it is conducting a federal probe into the shooting death of African-American teenager Michael Brown at the hands of police in Missouri.
A California federal court judge, in a class-action lawsuit filed against Google and Apple, rejected the settlement of $324.5 million on Friday, ruling it wasn't enough to cover damages.
The Metropolitan Opera, for a fourth time, has extended its lockout deadline to Sunday, Aug. 17, and in a statement wrote "if there is no agreement, they will lock out the musicians, craftspeople and choristers."
The Network in Defense of Humanity, founded by Bolivian President, Evo Morales, created the To Defend Palestine manifest, a petition that is being signed by writers, political leaders, artists and journalists worldwide.
World leaders speak out about failure of Gaza ceasefire talks, more death and more injuries after Hamas and Israelis continue to fight. 48 ceasefire gave UN agencies time to asses the effects of the month long offensive with record numbers of death and property destruction.
A lawsuit claims the EPA's approval of the use 18,000 pesticides was done without consultation with two government agencies and threatens many animals already on the endangered species list.
Argentina petitions Int'l Court of Justice over debt default dispute. ICJ can do nothing unless the US consents to the Court's jurisdiction in the case. Argentina defaulted on 91 percent of its bond debt when the Court ruled it had to settle with all debt holders. But Obama could intervene on behalf of Argentina, as Bush did previously under certain presidential privileges.
A UN convention passed in 2011 is contributing to a global movement of rights for domestic workers. Brazil just signed into law its version of rights to protect domestic workers, and other Latin American countries are adopting changes.
Mothers of New Yorkers killed by police met with the NYPD IG, a new position created through NY City Council which reports to the DOI. The meeting was called two months before the death of Eric Garner and the mothers are requesting a larger investigation into whether there are patterns of practice in the cases of their dead family members that could lead to changes in the NYPD.
Only 29 percent of Latinos favor the GOP, and 65 percent don't. Numbers are much better for Democrats, with 61 percent of Latinos viewing them favorably and 33 percent unfavorably.
The number of unemployment claims filed during the week ending August 2 was 289,000 according the U.S. Labor Department on Thursday. The numbers represent a fall of 14,000 against the previous week's claim of 303,000.
The Standard and Poor's rating agency said in a new report that the wealth gap in the United States continues to grow, and it is affecting the country's economic growth.
The National United Youth Council delivered six demands concerning the Eric Garner case to the Staten Island District Attorney on Wednesday. The main demand asked that Richmond County District Attorney Daniel Donovan turn the case over to the U.S. Attorney because NUYC claims the case has been compromised already.
The Center for Constitutional Rights petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to review its case challenge to the federal Animal Enterprise Act, claiming it is a violation of the First Amendment.
The new chairman of the Civilian Complaint Review Board held a little-publicized special public meeting on Tuesday with board members to announce ideas and directions for the agency.
