After the Justice Department filed a written defense of the president's birthright citizenship order, some people feared an ...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a cornerstone of U.S. civil rights law, prohibiting discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and sex. This landmark legislation outlawed segregation ...

Advocates and legal experts say one order, which revokes the enforcement of equal employment opportunity laws, also known as Title VII under the Civil Rights Act, will have a chilling effect.

Civil rights leaders' alma maters include Ivy League institutions, state and private schools, and HBCUs. The Latest A California appeals court has ruled that a Kern County baker violated state law ...

The Justice Department has ordered the civil rights division to halt much of its investigative activity dating from the Biden administration and not pursue new indictments, cases or settlements ...

The 1964 Civil Rights Act spurred the passage of Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments which barred discrimination on the basis of sex at educational institutions which received federal money.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump takes office for his second term as ...

In October 2024, the feds sued the Maryland Department of State Police alleging Civil Rights Act violations. "The United States claims MDSP violated Title VII when it used a certain physical ...

“This is hard work, and work where I wish there were just, there was just more time in the day to do even more,” she said as she sat surrounded by portraits of civil rights icons including ...

The conversation we're having now, as compared to then, is not about, can we pass a Civil Rights Act? Can we pass a Voting Rights Act? Can we get enough votes to do it? Now the conversation is ...

By Glenn Thrush Reporting from Washington The Justice Department has ordered an immediate halt to all new civil rights cases or investigations — and signaled that it might back out of Biden-era ...

Garvey was convicted of mail fraud in 1923. President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud over 100 years ago. The outgoing ...