Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil ...

He believes in equality, civil rights, human rights and democracy ... but the “cold” had long since been crossed out. Marchers took them gratefully. The Jupiter man works in flood prevention but ...

More information: Fabiana Silva et al, Frame Backfire: The Trouble with Civil Rights Appeals in the Contemporary United States, American Sociological Review (2025). DOI: 10.1177/00031224251333087 ...

Administration officials pick and choose which civil rights protections they want to enforce, and for whom. By Erica L. Green Erica L. Green covers the White House and reported from Washington. In ...

One of the most effective and enduring institutions won by the Civil Rights Movement – the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice – is under assault.

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), housed within the United States Department of Education, has been cut in half as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the overall department.

Trump’s early agenda dismantles Civil Rights Act, advances Project 2025, activists say President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office has sparked concerns he is rolling back decades of civil ...

The Justice Department's division tasked with enforcing the nation's federal civil rights laws has recently seen a mass exodus of "over 100" attorneys, the newly confirmed official leading the ...

Civil rights division director Harmeet K. Dhillon has redirected her staff to focus on combating antisemitism, anti-Christian bias and what she calls “woke ideology.” Updated April 28, 2025 7 min ...

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed conservative lawyer Harmeet Dhillon, President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, in a 52-45 ...

At Selma’s civil rights anniversary, fears rise about the way forward Worried about the future, marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday in the 60th commemoration of one of the most ...

Mr. Lewis marched for civil rights across the bridge 55 years ago. Some of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates attended the Selma bridge crossing jubilee ahead of Super Tuesday.