Civil Rights
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Pa. House panels hear testimony on automatic license plate cameras
Users of the law enforcement tech and opponents agree Pennsylvania needs to regulate its use.
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Meta settlement brings questions about where and how to use the money
Lessons learned from the 1998 tobacco settlement have informed subsequent agreements.
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Flock cameras: Do they make you feel safer—or more watched?
As public sentiment sours on the automatic license plate readers and lawmakers in Harrisburg are introducing legislation to curtail their use across Pennsylvania, we asked our newsletter readers where they stand on Flock cameras.
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Trump administration notches another victory in case on slavery exhibits at Philly President’s House
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request to rehear arguments. The case will continue in a lower court.
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‘Bucks County, USA’ docuseries set to air on PBS
Filmed over four years, the series is to focus in part on the political battles that engulfed the Central Bucks School District, where disputes over COVID-19 pandemic-era school policies, book bannings and other culture war topics became flashpoints in the county’s broader political divide.
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Trump administration can replace Washington slavery exhibit in Philadelphia, appeals court says
The Trump administration can replace a slavery exhibit at George Washington’s home in Philadelphia, a federal appeals court panel said Thursday, striking down a lower court’s injunction that required the National Park Service to reinstall the interpretive panels.
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Is tarot illegal? Pa. court to hear Hanover business lawsuit soon
In 2023, Hanover police visited Beck Lawrence, owner of the Serpent’s Key, claiming they were violating a 165-year-old Pennsylvania law regarding fortune telling for personal gain. The shop owner filed suit in 2024 claiming civil rights violations.
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Federal judge orders the restoration of exhibits on slavery to the President’s House in Philadelphia
In a Presidents’ Day ruling invoking 1984, a federal judge rejected the government’s authority to remove slavery exhibits from Philadelphia’s President’s House.
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US Capitol statue of teen civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns to fill Robert E. Lee’s place
The U.S. Capitol will display a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was removed several years ago.
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Teacher from Pennsylvania jailed in Russia is formally designated as wrongfully detained
Marc Fogel, a history teacher from Pittsburgh, is serving a 14-year prison sentence after being arrested in August 2021 at a Russian airport and possessing what his family and supporters said was medically prescribed marijuana.
