Justice Department plans to investigate prosecutor’s office in Minnesota’s most populous county
MINNEAPOLIS -- The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation of…
Birmingham fights against losing control of its water board, citing racial discrimination
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Birmingham city officials sued the Alabama governor on Tuesday…
Trump’s attack on diversity takes center stage as Boston remembers 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK
BOSTON -- As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas…
Trump administration ordered to unfreeze funding in dispute with Maine over transgender students
PORTLAND, Maine -- A U.S. District Court judge ordered the Trump administration…
Bernice King reflects on the Fair Housing Act, made law after her father’s killing
Bernice King warns decades of work to reduce inequities in housing is…
DOE withdraws from plan to address discipline disparities for Native students
WASHINGTON -- The Education Department has withdrawn from an agreement to address…
Georgia lawmakers pass religious freedom bill despite discrimination concerns
ATLANTA -- Lawmakers in Georgia's House passed a controversial bill Wednesday that…
Maryland lawmakers approve measure to study reparations for slavery
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Maryland lawmakers voted Wednesday to create a commission to…
With a nod to America’s civil rights legacy, Sen. Cory Booker makes a mark of his own
WASHINGTON -- Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same…
‘I know Qatar funding Hamas’: Charles A. Small’s shocking revelation at campus antisemitism hearing
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is holding a hearing…