The Latest Breaking News from Civil Rights

On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that threatens to open the door widely to businesses being allowed to violate anti-discrimination laws. If the court rules that the First Amendment protects the right of business owners to discriminate — based on claims of freedom of…

Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia works out of the Russell Senate Office Building, the oldest and most imposing of the Capitol buildings housing senators and staff. Built on a granite base with marble and limestone facing, the Russell’s high-ceilinged, Beaux Arts corridors have the feeling of a Parisian boulevard —…

Civil rights group claims outposts are used to monitor Chinese population abroad and force dissidents to return

What the Supreme Court should do in 303 Creative v. Elenis, Monday's case involving a graphic designer who does not want to create same-sex wedding websites.

Senate hopefuls Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker’s contrasting beliefs will influence how voters turn out

London mayor’s demand comes as civil rights campaigners criticise PM’s promise to increase police powers

Disability advocates and civil rights group warn new policy amounts to unconstitutional discrimination

Lexington ranks among the top four percent of municipalities nationally for L-G-B-T-Q-Plus equality. That’s according to the national civil rights organization, Human Rights Campaign.

Advocacy groups for civil rights groups and the homeless criticized mandate: ‘Mayor is playing fast and loose with the legal rights’

A civil rights group that has sued Florida governor Ron DeSantis for tricking two planeloads of South and Central American asylum seekers into boarding charter flights bound for the liberal Massachusetts community of Martha’s Vineyard has added two top Sunshine State officials as defendants in their lawsuit.

MINNEAPOLIS — Faced with ongoing criticism over Minneapolis' longtime police civilian review process, the City Council is poised to vote next week on a plan to replace it with a new Community Commission on Police Oversight.