Human rights and civil liberties

Governor Gavin Newsom speaks to the media at a mobile testing site at Paramount Park in Paramount, CA Wednesday, January 12, 2022.David Crane | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesNetChoice, a tech industry group that includes Amazon, Google,…

President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act on Tuesday, codifying into law protections for same-sex and interracial couples.The signing took place in a large ceremony with thousands of attendees on the White House…

American workers and consumers are more likely to prefer brands that publicly align with LGBTQ causes, according to a new analysis.More than 51% of U.S. employees who responded to a global survey conducted by public relations firm Edelman…

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — The House passed a landmark bill…

People walk past a billboard advertisement for YouTube on September 27, 2019 in Berlin, Germany.Sean Gallup | Getty ImagesThe Department of Justice warned the Supreme Court against an overly-broad interpretation of a law shielding social…

Tim Robberts | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesComing up with enough money for retirement is a challenge for all workers.Women are more likely, at 50%, to say they're behind, versus 35% of men, a new report from Goldman Sachs found.What's more,…

NEW YORK -- The Rev. Al Sharpton has been called a lot of names in his public life: a hustler, a racist, an opportunist, a fraud, a rat, a jester.He embraces at least one of the intended insults, a name often hurled by his critics on the…

MONTEMOR-O-NOVO, Portugal -- Dissident Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is taking heart from recent public protests in China over the authorities’ strict COVID-19 policy, but he doesn’t see them bringing about any significant political…

Kyrie Irving’s relationship with Nike is officially over, the shoe and athletic apparel maker said Monday, a move that came a month after the company suspended the Brooklyn Nets guard as part of the fallout from him tweeting a link…

Activists gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court, as justices were set to hear arguments in a major case pitting LGBT rights against a claim that the constitutional right to free speech exempts artists from anti-discrimination laws in a…