The Latest Breaking News from Civil Rights

James B. Sajdak, 65, faces up to a year in federal prison under a misdemeanor civil rights count. Federal prosecutors accused him of forcing a woman into his squad car to perform a sex act on him.

Netflix's new movie Rustin tells a powerful story of a long-earased civil rights activist. He finally gets a chance to shine.

Research shows increase in prejudice and hate as civil rights group condemns ‘unprecedented surge in bigotry’

A Muslim civil rights group has called on police to investigate the incident as hate crime

The U.S. Department of Justice and a civil rights group say they plan to appeal a federal judge’s recent ruling declaring illegal a revised version of a federal policy preventing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children

A “people’s manifesto” released by civil rights groups ahead of the upcoming Assembly election in Rajasthan has called upon political parties to give the highest priority to citizens’ democratic rights.

The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into alleged civil rights violations by police in a majority Black Mississippi city

Some librarians who've been fired as they take a stand against discrimination and banning books are turning to a federal civil-rights enforcement agency for help

At the New York Historical Society, a new exhibition looks back at two Black men who changed the face of the city’s marathon

On Oct. 4, 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: A Vision for Protecting Our Civil Rights in the Algorithmic Age. The blueprint launched a conversation about how artificial intelligence innovation can proceed under multiple fair principles. These…

Jails in Charleston and Columbia where incarcerated people have died violently at the hands of employees or others held behind bars are under federal investigation, the U.S. Justice Department said.