The U.S. Department of Education says a conservative group's complaint against some Virginia school divisions regarding their ...

Laverne Cox got the SCAD TVfest crowd to its feet on Friday evening, as the star delivered a powerful, emotional speech about the new Trump administration’s attack on trans rights, civil rights and ...

No president's executive order can roll back Connecticut’s civil rights laws, which are independent from and more expansive ...

Civil rights litigator Karla Gilbride, who most recently served as general counsel of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, has joined Public Citizen as deputy director of the nonprofit ...

President Donald Trump's orders on civil rights are a stunning blow to America’s 60-year fight against discrimination.

By sitting down to lunch at a North Carolina department store, the brave men inspired many others to take part in nonviolent ...

"The president is not a king, and his power has limits within our Constitutional system of checks and balances—checks and ...

Staffers with the Office of Environmental Justice were informed their department is expecting a notice that the office is closing or they are being placed on leave as early as Thursday.

Environmental Protection Agency employees who work in the environmental justice and civil rights office expect a new round of ...

I n 1996, the New York-based civil rights organization known as UPROSE was struggling. Founded by Puerto Rican activists, the ...

the African American owner of a local construction company finds himself and his company on the brink of forced closure because of racial discrimination by the structural engineer," the lawsuit reads.

Remembrances are happening January 31 and February 1, marking the 65th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. The building ...