Black Middle Schooler Sues Nauset Regional School District After Racial Harassment Culminated in Suicide Attempt School knew Black student was being subjected to racial slurs, physical attacks, and racist whipping gestures by classmates, but failed to protect him As...
Black College Students File Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Nichols College After Being Unfairly Punished for Acting in Self-Defense Worcester, MA – Two Black college students have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Nichols College after the college expelled one student and barred the other from campus activities and student life following...
Voting Rights Groups Demand That Massachusetts Public Hospitals Help Patients Register To Vote, As Required By Federal Law Lawyers for Civil Rights has now sent two demand letters to Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, Massachusetts’ chief elections official, demanding that four state-operated hospitals (the “Hospitals”) help patients register to...
Latina Construction Worker Sues J. Derenzo Co. Over Racist, Anti-Immigrant, and Sexist Harassment Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) and pro bono counsel from Fair Work, P.C. have filed suit against J. Derenzo Co., a multi-million-dollar Boston-based company, on behalf of Yesy Patricia Carbajal Alvarenga, a Latina construction worker who endured months of...
Lawyers for Civil Rights Launches “Fair Play Off the Pitch” Initiative Ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026 Multilingual legal resources will help workers and vendors understand their rights As Massachusetts prepares to welcome visitors from around the world during FIFA World Cup 2026, Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) is launching Fair Play Off the Pitch, a...
Court-Ordered Report Reveals Low Voting Rates in Jails; Highlights Need for More Voter Engagement Less than 5% of Eligible Incarcerated Individuals Voted in November 2024 Election Compelled by a court-ordered settlement, Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin has released a long-overdue report on jail-based voting in Massachusetts, fulfilling an...
Federal Court Asked to Halt ICE’s Home Invasion Policy New Filings Include Whistleblower Declaration Against ICE Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) and a coalition of immigrant rights organizations asked the federal court in Boston to stop the implementation of ICE’s policy allowing immigration officers to forcibly enter private homes without a judicial...
Public School Students File Landmark Education Lawsuit Against Massachusetts Public school students and community organizations today filed a lawsuit charging that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is violating its own Constitution by maintaining racially segregated school districts that concentrate poverty, deny Black and Latino students an adequate and...
