The U.S. Department of Education’s (Department’s) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a Dear Colleague Letter Tuesday to schools specifying with concrete examples the application of Title VI of the ...

On May 7, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) again issued guidance in the form of a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) to educational institutions discussing how Title VI ...

Waqaa (Hello), my name is Larapciq Cheri Alstrom and I’m an Alaska Native Yup’ik. Alaska Natives face discrimination and racism daily; not just Alaska Natives, but all Indigenous peoples around the ...

On April 17, the Anchorage VA facility’s Chief of Staff and Associate Chief of Staff of Behavioral Health ordered the end to a long-running transgender peer group. This group connected vulnerable ...

Saturday, a meet-the-candidates event in Franklin focused strongly on school funding, because throwing good money after bad must work, right? Candidates were asked about state funds given to families ...

I have a friend over 80 years of age who has shopped at a grocery store with a pharmacy for well over 20 years, on Highway 99. Last week she drove up to the store to see the pharmacy about their ...

This letter is to address concerns raised about my “no” vote on City Council Bill 1426 (“Pittsburgh government must focus on issues, not battling ideologies,” Feb. 6, TribLive). I voted yes on Bill ...

How long will they, our Legislature, go on abusing our patience? These bills that discriminate against our fellow citizens are gross violations of their fundamental rights and, in both the short and ...

I’m still in disbelief after reading Dave Smith’s letter about pervasive discrimination against white men. “Being a white male is a guarantee of discriminatory treatment.” Seriously? Try being a ...

I am appalled that the New Hampshire legislature is considering bills that would make discrimination legal. At least two bills under debate — SB38 and SB268 — do just that. SB38 states that “nothing ...