On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

The letter detailed the findings of an investigation into antisemitism on the campus by the Department of Health and Human ...

On his second day in office, President Donald Trump labeled O.F.C.C.P.’s efforts to enforce the 1964 Civil Rights Act illegal ...

Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a new opinion issued Thursday that the Court should "reexamine" a ...

More information: Fabiana Silva et al, Frame Backfire: The Trouble with Civil Rights Appeals in the Contemporary United States, American Sociological Review (2025). DOI: 10.1177/00031224251333087 ...

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. / MIAMI – Civil rights organizations today called on the Trump administration to ensure that immigrants’ rights are upheld at the Federal Correctional Institution Leavenworth (FCI ...

Civil rights attorney Damon Hewitt on how Trump’s DOJ created “an invitation to discrimination” "You will have no rights that Trump and the federal government are bound to respect" ...

Administration officials pick and choose which civil rights protections they want to enforce, and for whom. By Erica L. Green Erica L. Green covers the White House and reported from Washington. In ...

Columbia Violated Civil Rights Of Jewish Students, Trump Administration Probe Finds By Siladitya Ray, Forbes Staff. Siladitya Ray is a New Delhi-based Forbes news team reporter.

Columbia University violated federal civil-rights law by ignoring the harassment of Jewish students by classmates, a government investigation found. The school acted with “deliberate ...

The US Justice Department’s top civil rights official said the division is considering making gun rights a formal priority, in a significant shift from its traditional focus.

An appointee with the US Commission on Civil Rights has been charged with vehicular homicide. He began a new term in the role after the felony charges were filed. The victim’s family discovered ...