Two civil rights groups have now promised “action” after lawmakers did not act on the new social studies standards, meaning they will eventually be implemented.

President Donald Trump’s new executive order promising free private legal protection for law enforcement officers is likely ...

This week, in a first-of-its-kind decision, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights agreed, finding that federal law ...

When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued ...

The fight to remove “Lost Cause” memorials suffered some setbacks in part due to the Trump administration’s efforts to ...

Civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the family of an 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody in ...

A class-action lawsuit is challenging a 2024 Georgia law that requires those accused of offenses such as trespassing and failure to appear in court to pay cash bail.

A lawsuit has been filed against the federal government for the 2023 death of an eight-year-old immigrant girl who died while ...

Are rights earned or granted? Explore how our shared need to matter shapes human dignity and social order in this compelling look at the roots of our fundamental rights.

Here’s a quaint idea: If the government is going to punish someone, it should be for something the person has done, not the ...

Two women behind bars in Atlanta sued the state of Georgia on Friday over a recent law that added a cash bail requirement for ...

The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the department’s decimated civil rights office by making ...