William L. Clay Sr., a longtime advocate for civil rights and workers’ rights and Missouri’s first Black congressman, died ...

Tens of thousands of people are expected to protest the Trump administration in “Good Trouble Lives On” rallies in Georgia and the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it had launched an investigation into GMU ...

The department has focused its civil rights efforts on stamping out campus antisemitism since Donald Trump returned to the White House.

He ordered federal agencies to abandon some of the core tenets of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, on the basis that they represented a “pernicious” attempt to make decisions based on diversity ...

Democrats are demanding answers about a shifting work focus, diminished staffing and demands of Trump loyalty within the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, including from the Californian ...

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The Supreme Court and Trump administration are currently challenging racial preferences, aligning with public opinion and antidiscrimination laws, but future shifts loom.

Rob Sand has ignited a debate through his burgeoning gubernatorial campaign over how Democrats should talk about policies ...

One core promise of civil rights, after all, is our racial identity should not dictate how and to what extent we engage with public life.

It sits just west of the Civil Rights District, which encompasses about 30 square blocks that include routes for demonstrations, including the 1963 Children’s March.

An unrepentant liberal, Clay served more than three decades in Congress, the first African American from Missouri. His son, Lacy Clay, succeeded him.