The Latest Breaking News from Civil Rights

The intersection of sports and politics has occasionally been fraught with controversy. Amid the civil rights movement, Muhammad Ali was briefly banned from boxing for his stance on the Vietnam War. Tommie Smith and John Carlos were subject to significant criticism for raising their fists in a salute to Black…

The Biden administration is starting a process that could change how the U.S. census and federal surveys produce racial and ethnic data that is used for redistricting and civil rights enforcement.

China is the foremost challenge for U.S. national security agencies, a so-called “hard target” that is America’s chief rival for global dominance

Legal scholars and civil rights groups have warned that data privacy protections, marriage equality and LGBT+ rights could be at risk with Supreme Court decision

His 2000 thesis on civil-rights-era Atlanta lifts passages from other people's work.

It has been 50 years since Title IX was signed into law by President Nixon

A federal civil rights lawsuit says the death of a Black teenager at a Kansas juvenile detention center was foreshadowed by a 2016 state inspection of the facility that noted systemic deficiencies in its handling of children with mental health issues

In 1972, a civil rights law was introduced to prohibit sex discrimination in US schools and colleges but a new exhibition shows that the work continues

PHILADELPHIA — When Title IX was signed into law 50 years ago, sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs officially became illegal.

US investigation will focus on whether state police regularly use excessive force, discriminate against Black people.

Justice department launches civil rights investigation after beatings and death of a Black man placed in a chokehold