The Latest Breaking News from Civil Rights

Opal Lee, who helped make Juneteenth a holiday, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom this year

Bob Moses, who helped register Black residents to vote in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement, believed civil rights went beyond the ballot box. To Moses, who was a teacher as well as an activist, math literacy is a civil right: a requirement to earning a living wage in modern…

Civil rights groups and politicians across the EU criticised the scheme

Supporters of over two dozen alleged victims of civil rights violations at the hands of Phoenix police plan to speak out a day after a scathing Justice Department report

The civil rights leader showed that even in Los Angeles, color drives class divisions and racial justice drives economic justice.

Phoenix police are trained that "deescalation" means overwhelming and immediate force, whether or not it's necessary.

U.S. Ambassador warns migrants of consequences for illegal entry into the U.S. amid policy changes. Civil rights groups express concerns over likening poli...

The Justice Department's investigation uncovers unconstitutional behavior and discrimination within the Phoenix Police Department.

The U.S. Justice Department says Phoenix police violate people’s rights, discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people when enforcing the law and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force