As part of the successful effort to advance racial equality, many mass gatherings and actions were performed over the ...

In the aftermath of the war, Congress had to decide the legal status of newly freed slaves. First it passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which granted citizenship not only to those formerly enslaved ...

Environmental justice advocates’ work just got even more difficult, but powerful legal statutes leave them with some support.

Advocates and legal experts say one order, which revokes the enforcement of equal employment opportunity laws, also known as Title VII under the Civil Rights Act, will have a chilling effect.

The Justice Department has ordered the civil rights division to halt much of its investigative activity dating from the Biden administration and not pursue new indictments, cases or settlements ...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a cornerstone of U.S. civil rights law, prohibiting discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and sex. This landmark legislation outlawed segregation ...

The 1964 Civil Rights Act spurred the passage of Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments which barred discrimination on the basis of sex at educational institutions which received federal money.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump takes office for his second term as ...

The conversation we're having now, as compared to then, is not about, can we pass a Civil Rights Act? Can we pass a Voting Rights Act? Can we get enough votes to do it? Now the conversation is ...

By Glenn Thrush Reporting from Washington The Justice Department has ordered an immediate halt to all new civil rights cases or investigations — and signaled that it might back out of Biden-era ...

The two individuals, Robin Peoples and Michelle West, had overwhelming support from civil rights activists and will be released next month, Mr. Biden said. It was the latest act of clemency in Mr ...