Ongoing efforts to overturn the 1964 Civil Rights Act — one of our country’s finest achievements — continue apace at the ...

If upheld by the Supreme Court, as seems likely, the challenge to Section 2 would turn the Voting Rights Act on its head.

If the Supreme Court weakens Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination in redistricting, it could usher in ...

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced it has filed federal lawsuits against the States of Arizona and ...

America First Legal accuses Washington University of violating civil rights law through diversity programs that allegedly ...

The New York City college had been accused of tolerating discrimination against those who believe in Zionism following a ...

Her activism began as a teenager in 1963, when she heard the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. It set her on a path to nonviolent protest.

Who are the challengers in the cases? There are two challengers – both transgender women – in two separate cases, Little v.

A federal immigration agent's fatal shooting of a woman in Minnesota has sparked questions about the public's right to ...

Here’s a look at the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.PersonalBirth date: January 15, 1929Death ...

Two years after Aeriel Gallegos was killed by her former boyfriend, her family has filed a civil rights lawsuit accusing San ...

Subpoenas issued to New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of a civil rights investigation into her fraud case ...