WASHINGTON — The Trump administration sued California Wednesday after a Department of Education probe found the state had discriminated against women by “allowing males in girls’ sports and ...

Transgender swimming champion Lia Thomas will be stripped of University of Pennsylvania swimming titles after the Ivy League school bowed to pressure from the Trump administration. The university w… ...

A legal group co-founded by Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff and architect of the Trump administration’s immigration policies, filed a federal civil rights complaint against the ...

On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

After a thorough investigation, HHS OCR finds that Harvard University is in violent violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and ...

After the Department of Health and Human Services issued findings accusing Harvard of violating civil rights law, the University said the notice proved the administration should have followed ...

Nearly four months after the Office for Civil Rights closed, one parent says she still hasn't heard from anyone about her case that was nearing an agreement. She said she’s been left with “little hope ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones and Rashad Robinson warn that viral moments and representation aren’t enough to withstand civil rights rollbacks—and call for new models for lasting impact.

Potter was the granddaughter of Jackson civil rights leader Dr. John Perkins and the daughter of college professor Ronald Potter and longtime Jackson attorney Joanie Perkins Potter. Her family has ...

Cornell is facing federal civil rights complaints from the America First Policy Institute for its hiring practices that they claim to be discriminatory.

NEW YORK (AP) — Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil Rights Movement and key architect of the March on ...