Dem. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse was blasted on social media over a post where he compared Dem. Sen. Alex Padilla's press conference outburst to the work of a late Civil Rights hero.

Trump admin sues California after civil rights probe faulted state for ‘allowing males in girls’ sports’ By . Josh Christenson. Published July 9, 2025. Updated July 9, 2025, 12:45 p.m. ET.

Minneapolis Civil Rights Director Michelle Phillips is leaving the city after less than a year on the job. The city announced Phillips’ resignation in a news release Friday afternoon, adding ...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 says that "An unlawful employment or other hiring practice exists when race, color, religion, sex, or national origin is a motivating factor for any employment decision." ...

An arrest has been made after the 23-year-old granddaughter of a local civil rights leader was shot and killed. Capitol Police officers responded at about 4:40 a.m. Sunday to East Northside Drive, ...

More than 20,000 students signed affidavits to secure in-state tuition in 2021, the civil rights groups said, accounting for 1.5% of students at colleges and universities in Texas that year.

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, also went after the court for a secondary blow it more broadly dealt to a foundational civil rights law. “Today’s decision is likely to result in tangible ...

5 years after George Floyd: What we’ve learned from the ebbs and flows of progress by Otis Moss III, opinion contributor - 06/13/25 10:00 AM ET ...

Most of the firms that received Lucas’s letter have partners or other attorneys who sit on the board of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which was formed in 1963 after ...

The Republican governors of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia see the struggle against antisemitism as a pillar of American civil rights — and a battle they must fight.

Forty years after Pauli Murray’s death, the civil rights activist who grew up in Durham has been granted the highest recognition in the state by the Office of the Governor.