by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Jul 9, 2025 | Civil Rights, Education Law
The Education Department is rapidly dismissing civil rights complaints as the White House continues to shrink the department’s operations. According to court documents filed in early July, the Office of Civil Rights dismissed over 3,400 of the 4,833 complaints it... 
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Apr 15, 2025 | Civil Rights
There is a long history of systemic racism in St. Louis, with historic racial deed covenants and redlining making it sometimes still incredibly difficult for people of color to buy homes in parts of St. Louis. The 1968 Fair Housing Act outlawed racially motivated... 
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Mar 26, 2025 | Civil Rights, Education Law
The Trump administration’s upheaval of the Department of Education will have wide-reaching impacts on students and schools across the country, including on hundreds of possible civil rights violations at schools in the Midwest. The White House recently closed seven... 
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Mar 26, 2025 | Civil Rights, Disability Law
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a groundbreaking law in the United States that provides comprehensive civil rights protection to people with disabilities. The ADA has sweeping, ground-breaking impacts, including: making it illegal to discriminate against... 
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Mar 26, 2025 | Civil Rights, Employment Law
A WNBA star recently sued her former team and the league itself, alleging discrimination over her pregnancy. According to the federal lawsuit, the Las Vegas Aces failed to honor parts of her contract and then traded her after she revealed she was pregnant. The... 
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Mar 4, 2025 | Civil Rights
Managing partner Sarah Jane Hunt was quoted in a recent article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about a legislative effort to amend the Missouri Human Rights Act. The proposed change seeks to explicitly exclude gender identity and sexual orientation explicitly from...