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PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania: Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song issued the following [...]

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The following information was released by Demos: Today, voting rights groups Demos and Project Vote urged a federal appeals court to uphold a decision dismissing an attempt [...]

Byline: Chris Togneri Sept. 23--Nikki Primas Gaines realized at an early age that her dad was important, well-respected -- even revered. 'He made an impression on people,' she said. 'But [...]

Byline: Linda Loyd Aug. 16--Civil rights activist Julian Bond, who died Saturday at age 75, was born in Tennessee but moved to Pennsylvania as a boy. In 1945, his father, [...]

Byline: MONSY ALVARADO, STAFF WRITER PHILADELPHIA -- In front of thousands of delegates from across the country, the president of the NAACP reminded members on Monday of their past struggles [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman July 04--The Anderson Monarchs arrived in a 1947 Clipper bus wearing Philadelphia Stars Negro Leagues uniforms, a throwback to baseball's barnstorming days. Off stepped Mo'ne Davis, the [...]

Byline: Megan Guza March 16--Community leaders hope a pamphlet detailing individuals' rights when stopped by police will help reduce negative encounters between officers and the public. Called 'You & the [...]

Byline: Julia Terruso March 10--Philadelphia will celebrate 50 years of LGBT civil rights activism this summer with an exhibit at the National Constitution Center and citywide anniversary events. A huge [...]

Byline: Jeremy Roebuck Feb. 25--Four years after agreeing to submit to federal court monitoring of its controversial stop-and-frisk program, the Philadelphia Police Department has made little progress toward curbing unwarranted [...]

Byline: Chris Fleisher Feb. 22--Evelyn Richardson was dedicated to Democratic politics, and her life's work culminated on the first Tuesday in November 2008. She was confident that Barack Obama would [...]

Byline: Debra Erdley Jan. 27--California University of Pennsylvania professor Burrell A. Brown, a lawyer and former longtime counsel to the Pennsylvania NAACP, was found dead in his university office Sunday [...]

Byline: Brian Bowling Jan. 13--Three Pittsburgh police officers involved in the Nov. 11, 2012, traffic stop that left a Shaler man paralyzed denied Monday in a federal court document that [...]

London: Society for Human Resource Management has issued the following Press release: A federal judge's ruling that Pennsylvanians are protected from sexual-orientation discrimination strengthens the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC's) [...]

London: Society for Human Resource Management has issued the following Press release: A federal judge's ruling that Pennsylvanians are protected from sexual-orientation discrimination strengthens the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC's) [...]

London: Society for Human Resource Management has issued the following Press release: A federal judge's ruling that Pennsylvanians are protected from sexual-orientation discrimination strengthens the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC's) [...]

MIAMI, FL -- The following information was released by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation: Throughout the week of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia the nonpartisan good [...]

Muslim civil rights group releases new animated advertisement for mock-medicine WASHINGTON, July 25, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy [...]

WASHINGTON, July 21, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --On Monday, July 25 , the Council on American-Islamic (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold a news conference with [...]

Joseph E. Lowery Hosted by actress, Vivica A. Fox, and Chair of the Darby Township Democratic Party, Richard Womack Jr., the 'Celebration of the Black Vote,' will feature dinner, dancing [...]

Registration open for event featuring Mindy Kaling, Abby Wambach and Adam Grant PHILADELPHIA, June 9, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The Pennsylvania Conference for Women announced that attorney Anita Hill will headline the [...]

Nine Pennsylvania teachers filed a federal lawsuit alleging their female counterparts get better pay. Nine male teachers are suing their Pennsylvania school district, claiming they're victims of an unfair and [...]

HARRISBURG, PA -- The following information was released by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department: This non-discrimination notice does not require insurers to cover any particular services that they are not otherwise [...]

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The following information was released by Pennsylvania State University - University Park: Third-year Penn State Law student Penelope Scudder had a rare opportunity on April 5 [...]

Byline: Robert Zullo Sept. 08--The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., former presidential candidate and longtime civil rights leader, is in Pittsburgh today to seek support for a proposed constitutional amendment that [...]

Byline: Casey Fabris July 03--Though a history book might say otherwise, the fight for civil rights began as early as the 1700s -- at least in Philadelphia. In 1701, William [...]