6 days ago · OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, with the attorneys general of Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, today issued a joint statement addressing President Trump’s recent executive orders purporting to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion ...

13 hours ago · Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined forces with a coalition of 14 attorneys general to push back against the Trump administration's executive order that they believe undermines access to ...

Latest Kwame Raoul news and opinion at Common Dreams, an independent and progressive news outlet since 1997. Stay informed about Kwame Raoul. Home; Politics; Climate; ... "California supports the rights of transgender youth to live their lives as their authentic selves," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement Wednesday. "We ...

12 hours ago · In a statement released Wednesday, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and a coalition of 14 other attorneys general, said institutions offering gender-affirming would continue to receive ...

11 hours ago · The statement, from Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the attorneys general of 14 other states, says that federal dollars remain available to institutions that provide gender-affirming care despite ...

1 day ago · Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general in reaffirming their commitment to protecting access to gender-affirming care in the face of the Trump administration’s recent executive order.In Illinois, the Human Rights Act requires health care providers to provide health care to all residents …

Jan 21, 2025 · Raoul, Three Attorneys General File Suit to Defend Basic Constitutional Rights for All Americans. Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, with three other states, today filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s new executive order ending birthright citizenship. Attorney General Raoul and the coalition are challenging the order, arguing it violates the constitutional rights to ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Chicago – In the wake of widespread devastation and loss of life caused by wildfires in Southern California, Attorney General Kwame Raoul today urged Illinois residents who plan to donate to assist those affected to be on the lookout for fundraising scams.

Jan 28, 2020 · SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul today led a multistate coalition in filing an amicus brief in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the constitutionality of several recently enacted abortion bans in Missouri in Reproductive Health Services v.

As State Attorneys General, we have witnessed firsthand how the country’s longstanding undercurrent of discrimination has burst into the open, as reports of hate crimes and bias incidents of all kinds have dramatically increased in recent years.1 And while recent events have further highlighted the systemic injusti...