The U.S. Department of Justice states it will investigate allegations of deprivation of female prisoners’ Eighth Amendment ...

We gauge reaction in the Deep South to the Supreme Court ruling that could upend Black representation in Congress.

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has been President Donald Trump’s greatest weapon in forcing schools to ...

How Civil Rights Now Govern Private Business Relationships The traditional view that civil rights only apply to government actions has fundamentally changed. Today's legal landscape operates under ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, is carrying out the directives of President Trump to dismantle the Department of Education.

Federal immigration agents in military gear roam city streets, wielding tear gas, pepper spray and firearms against protesters. They forcibly enter homes to make warrantless arrests. Bystanders who ...

The civil rights division of the U.S. Justice Department has hit a new low in manipulating federal law enforcement to further the president’s political schemes. On July 7, the department wrote the ...

Community celebration features reduced admission, live performances, family activities, and the unveiling of reimagined ...

For 40 years, Martin Luther King Day has been a federal holiday. But with his legacy and landmarks of the civil rights era no longer set in stone, we thought it might be a good time to look back at ...

Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, is carrying out the directives of President Trump to dismantle the Department of Education. The San Francisco Office of Civil Rights was among the regional ...