In an expansive executive order, Mr. Trump directed the federal government to curtail the use of “disparate-impact liability,” a core tenet used for decades to enforce the Civil Rights Act of ...

Shakeups at the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division have put more attorneys on the job hunt, recruiters say, with a few DOJ attorneys in this unit finding new law firm gigs lately but ...

Unbeknownst to Dale Gibbs, the Department of Justice opened an investigation into the killings under the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act, during the first Trump Administration, according ...

Many strong locals advocated and fought for racial equality in Tallahassee, Florida’s capital city, and a battle ground in the national civil rights movement ... that the marchers were ...

The leader of the Department of Justice‘s Civil Rights Division issued a rallying cry this week for conservative lawyers to rethink their roles, not just within government but across the broader ...

DENVER — Reverend James D. Peters, Jr., a civil rights activist and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., passed away Saturday. He was 92 years old. His death was announced by community leader ...

The Trump administration says Columbia University violated a federal civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish students. The Health and Human Services Department accused the school of acting ...

A Denver pastor who helped Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. organize the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and was a prominent figure in the Civil Rights movement passed away this week.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - A leader, educator and civil rights icon. The city of Lynchburg mourns the loss of a pillar in the community, Dr. Owen Cardwell. “Well, Dr. Caldwell has been a ...

ATLANTA — It was a night of singing, fundraising, and honor for civil rights icon Andrew Young. The 93-year-old was recognized Monday in front of nearly 200 people. They gathered to pay tribute ...

NEW YORK, May 9 (Reuters) - The sex-trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs, which kicks off on Monday, marks the highest-profile case so far for a nascent group in the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's ...