The Latest Breaking News from Civil Rights

The U.S. Justice Department says Georgia's state prison systems are 'deliberately indifferent' to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse at state lockups

Former Memphis officers face federal charges for violating civil rights in fatal beating case, sparking discussions on police conduct.

Federal investigators say police in Lexington, Mississippi, used illegal searches, excessive force, and kept residents in jail when they couldn't pay off old fines.

Traffic stops by Chicago police have more than doubled over the past nine years in what the American Civil Liberties Union, a civil rights group, is calling the “new stop-and-frisk.”

Justice Department investigation uncovers discrimination, excessive force, and retaliation in Lexington Police Department in Mississippi.

From Joe Manchin to the vice president to a good chunk of Republicans, no one can admit where they really stand

A former Memphis police officer who has pleaded guilty to violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights has testified that he was looking to leave a crime suppression unit because he was unhappy with the hostility team members were showing citizens, even before they fatally beat Nichols

Country musician to be honored in statuary hall collection alongside memorial of civil rights leader Daisy Bates

First Lady Jill Biden, former ambassador Andrew Young and the Rev. Al Sharpton were among those who paid tribute during funeral services in New Orleans for civil rights activist Sybil Morial