The Latest Breaking News from Civil Rights

Muslim civil rights group says numbers directly connected to ongoing war in Gaza

James B. Sajdak, 65, faces up to a year in federal prison under a misdemeanor civil rights count. Federal prosecutors accused him of forcing a woman into his squad car to perform a sex act on him.

A “people’s manifesto” released by civil rights groups ahead of the upcoming Assembly election in Rajasthan has called upon political parties to give the highest priority to citizens’ democratic rights.

The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into alleged civil rights violations by police in a majority Black Mississippi city

Some librarians who've been fired as they take a stand against discrimination and banning books are turning to a federal civil-rights enforcement agency for help

At the New York Historical Society, a new exhibition looks back at two Black men who changed the face of the city’s marathon

On Oct. 4, 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: A Vision for Protecting Our Civil Rights in the Algorithmic Age. The blueprint launched a conversation about how artificial intelligence innovation can proceed under multiple fair principles. These…

Jails in Charleston and Columbia where incarcerated people have died violently at the hands of employees or others held behind bars are under federal investigation, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Desmond Mills Jr is the first officer involved in Mr Nichols’ death to face sentencing