Recent executive orders from President Donald Trump have reignited debates about civil rights, as they reverse long-standing ...

The contractors helped enact programs that focus on building up civil society and democratic practices in authoritarian ...

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

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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 ...

National Urban League president Marc H. Morial on Wednesday called President Trump's executive order dismantling federal ...

The Justice Department appears poised to take a very different approach to investigating voting and elections.

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The indictment alleges former Crenshaw County Jail administrator Christian Alexander Porter assaulted a handcuffed and ...

The legendary attorney, who represented Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., will have his portrait hang permanently at the ...

D.C.-based Civil Rights Division. U.S. attorneys are political appointees who serve at the pleasure of the presidential administration, and must ultimately be confirmed by the Senate.

Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it seized power from an elected civilian government ...