The Department of Education (DOE) has found that two New York agencies violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act after they banned Native American-inspired mascots and logos, a finding uncovered ...

Charles Rangel, 94, dean of New York’s Congressional delegation and the first African-American to chair the House Ways and Means Committee, has died.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced Friday that New York violated civil rights law by banning the use of Native American mascots and logos by schools in the state, threatening to pull ...

NEW YORK — Charles Rangel, dean of New York’s Congressional delegation and the first African-American to chair the House Ways and Means Committee, died Monday in a New York hospital. He was 94.