The Trump administration has shifted staff and undertaken a series of policy changes at the Justice Department’s Civil Rights ...

The Department of Justice division created by the landmark 1957 Civil Rights Act to defend American’s rights has a new mission: rooting out anti-Christian bias, antisemitism and “woke ideology ...

30, 2026. The commission, created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957, consists of eight bipartisan members — legal scholars, business people and politicians — appointed by the president and Congress.

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker on his record-setting speech, what he learned as mayor of Newark, and what’s next for him ...

From the days of slavery to the halls of Congress, many civil rights activists have shaped the conscience of nations and redrawn the maps of moral ... the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting ...

04 on Signal. End of carousel The civil rights division was established in 1957 as part of the Civil Rights Act, which focused on fighting racial discrimination. Since its launch, the division has ...

It is also investigating antisemitism on college campuses. Founded in 1957 following the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the Civil Rights Division’s original focus was on protecting black Americans ...