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Next month is the 15th anniversary of the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, a landmark law that the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has used since 2009 to prosecute those who commit hate crimes. Over the next several months, the Civil Rights Division will highlight our work to combat hate crimes. Today’s blog post will discuss our work in combating hate crimes that target Black people.

The Office of Information Policy continues to offer virtual FOIA trainings in Fiscal Year 2025

July's cases include violations involving crab shipments, bird fighting, drugs, pesticide smuggling, worker death, asbestos removal, emissions tampering, falsified fishing records, dog fighting, reptile trafficking, cougar hunts, and more.

The Justice Department once described the Voting Rights Act (VRA) as the most effective piece of civil rights legislation ever enacted. President Lyndon B. Johnson, when he signed the bill on Aug. 6, 1965, called it “one of the most monumental laws in the entire history of American freedom.”

This article originally appeared in the ABI Journal, Vol. XLIII, No. 8, August 2024.

Technology is growing ever more indispensable to many aspects of modern life. Consequently, ensuring that technology does not create new barriers for people with disabilities, and that disabled people can fully access and benefit from technology, is becoming increasingly important to securing the promise of equal opportunity under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This includes the technologies deployed by employers, state and local government services such as public schools, voting systems and public transit systems, and places of public accommodation such as doctors’ offices and...

FOIA.gov’s Search Tool users can now more easily locate law enforcement and related records

On April 24, the Justice Department published a landmark final rule to strengthen accessibility of web content and mobile applications under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  

The Office of Information Policy will host its next workshop on July 31, 2024.

This month's cases include violations involving reptile and wildlife trafficking, animal torture, bear killing, wetlands destruction, timber sales, bird and turtle sales, worker death, and more.