While conservative activists praise these efforts as a return to meritocracy, left-leaning activists believe these actions ...

It’s a disquieting contrast for some civil rights advocates who wish to fulfill King’s dream of non-violent social revolution ...

Juan Williams’ latest dissection of the Civil Rights Movement, “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement,” is a masterful sequel to his 1987 best-seller — “Eyes on ...

Leaders are seething after Trump revoked enforcement of equal employment opportunity laws, or Title VII, under the Civil ...

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, community leaders, artists and advocates gathered at the Parkview at Cascades Park for the Day ...

Regardless of a candidate’s political affiliation, the ACLU will stand for any executive action to protect and expand civil rights and civil liberties and stand against any executive action that ...

WASHINGTON − Moments after Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered a farewell address to his staff, Kristen Clarke ...

A coalition of civil rights and civil liberties groups are suing to stop President Trump's new executive order attempting to ...

The executive order reviving Schedule F quickly prompted the National Treasury Employees Union to file a lawsuit against Trump officials.

Critics are calling for the practice to be abolished entirely, citing its discriminatory nature and harmful impact on women ...

His name has gained wider recognition in more recent decades, but civil rights activist and organizer Bayard Rustin has long ...

But many leaders, including King’s own family, see the juxtaposition as a poignant contrast and a chance to refocus the work of advancing civil rights in a new political era. “I’m glad it ...