Damon Hewitt is the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Before joining the ...

Columbia University violated federal civil rights law through its "deliberate indifference" toward the anti-Israel protests ...

Too many institutions of higher learning and elected officials fail to stand up against the prejudice Jewish students and ...

The Trump administration is accusing Columbia University of violating the civil rights of Jewish students by ''acting with ...

On the day Title VII of the Civil Rights Act became effective, banning racial and other forms of discrimination in employment, the company instituted new criteria for hiring and promotion ...

A conversation about memory, movement-building and the sacred work of staying connected. In this stirring episode of Complexified, we sit down with scholar, poet and community elder Rachel Harding ...

The district says the complaint asks for input on conflicting state and federal Title IX directives that place millions of dollars in education funding at risk. Alberta Premier Says Vote on ...

A new book by Dr. Peniel Joseph takes a look at one of the pivotal years in the civil rights movement. He talks about more about the important topic. Gabbard fires leaders of intelligence group ...

Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on race, color, and national origin by programs that receive federal financial assistance. It was signed into law by President ...

The year 1963 was a watershed moment in the Civil Rights Movement. The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four young Black girls, fire hoses and dogs were used against peaceful ...

A water fountain. A lunch counter. A seat on a public bus. Access to these things might sound simple, but the Civil Rights Movement thrust them deeply and permanently into our national fabric ...

By contrast, in pockets of Central America, aid cuts have undermined efforts to shore up democracy and civil society. In our report from El Salvador, we take the measure of the damage. How ...