The Latest Breaking News from Civil Rights

He’s known for his ballads and winning smile – but the singer has also had a ringside seat to history, from the civil rights battles in his native Alabama to the rise and fall of pop’s biggest superstar

The Golden State has surged past the South and other regions in reversing racial and ethnic integration among children.

Corey Lewandowski warns of possible ICE presence at Bad Bunny's 2026 Super Bowl show, prompting backlash from civil rights groups and California officials.

The government shutdown means further disruption for the U.S. Education Department, which has seen half of its employees laid off by the Trump administration

The U.S. civil rights agency responsible for enforcing worker rights will stop investigating complaints about company policies that don’t explicitly discriminate but may disproportionately harm certain groups

Watson's most profound work lies in civil rights activism. After his own experience with racial discrimination at a bank, he began to focus on advocating for the civil rights of the Black community, bringing awareness to laws that were otherwise unknown to most.

Federal officials have sued two pro-Palestinian groups and some demonstrators involved in a heated protest last year outside a synagogue in northern New Jersey

Tanzania has conducted regular polls since the first multiparty elections in 1995. But they have often failed to meet democratic standards. The opposition has been persistently excluded and restricted, and media freedoms and civil rights have been suppressed. This pattern has come to be identified as electoral authoritarianism.

HHS refers Harvard University to Suspension and Debarment Program over alleged civil rights violations

Louisiana v Callais could roll back what remains of the Voting Rights Act, putting the future of America’s multiracial democracy at stake

The Chicago City Council has approved a $90 million settlement for nearly 200 civil rights violations involving a former police sergeant