Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON − Moments after Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered a farewell address to his staff, Kristen Clarke returned to ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — After three former Memphis police officers were acquitted Wednesday in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, community and civil rights leaders expressed outrage over another ...

Donald Trump’s administration could also review police reform agreements sparked by the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. President Donald Trump’s new administration has ordered a halt on ...

Last week, the Supreme Court further gutted what is left of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Court’s ruling was terrible for the country, and particularly for communities of color whose votes will ...

The Justice Department’s decision this week to eliminate disparate-impact liability from its Title VI regulations marks a critically important correction in our civil rights laws. For the first time ...

Michelle Phillips is sworn in as the new director of the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights during a ceremony at City Hall on July 16, 2024. NINA MOINI: Today is Michelle Phillips' last day on the ...

WASHINGTON − Moments after Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered a farewell address to his staff, Kristen Clarke returned to her office in the Justice Department to reflect on her own legacy as ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — After three former Memphis police officers were acquitted Wednesday in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, community and civil rights leaders expressed outrage over another ...