The statement is signed by: The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human ...

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Dead skin cells are a main ingredient in household dust Here’s an interesting (and gross) science fact for you: According to ...

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 ...

Between the capital of Damascus and the southern Syrian city of Daraa, an early flash-point in the 14-year civil war, 25 miles of track are missing. They were stolen, allegedly by former Assad ...

Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement fought, suffered, and died for this law. It was their seminal achievement and the touchstone of the work of the Voting Section. Yet the new mission statement ...

It marks a dramatic turn for the storied division, which was created during the civil rights movement and the push to end racial segregation. For almost 70 years, it has sought to combat ...

WASHINGTON—One night in April, Harmeet Dhillon was making spiced Indian tea she said she needed to power through her 12-hour days running the Justice Department’s civil-rights division.

Photo: Johanna Hansel/dpa/Zuma Press Columbia University violated federal civil-rights law by ignoring the harassment of Jewish students by classmates, a government investigation found.