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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says the early work of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division meant confronting white supremacists who were intimidating Black voters, and the division's work remains urgent 65 years later amid a surge of hate crimes

The court is hearing a case that could allow the kind of naked discrimination that the gay rights and civil rights movements fought so hard to end

A new documentary looks back at Lowndes county, where often-forgotten figures fought against white supremacy

On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that threatens to open the door widely to businesses being allowed to violate anti-discrimination laws. If the court rules that the First Amendment protects the right of business owners to discriminate — based on claims of freedom of…

Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia works out of the Russell Senate Office Building, the oldest and most imposing of the Capitol buildings housing senators and staff. Built on a granite base with marble and limestone facing, the Russell’s high-ceilinged, Beaux Arts corridors have the feeling of a Parisian boulevard —…

Civil rights group claims outposts are used to monitor Chinese population abroad and force dissidents to return

What the Supreme Court should do in 303 Creative v. Elenis, Monday's case involving a graphic designer who does not want to create same-sex wedding websites.

Senate hopefuls Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker’s contrasting beliefs will influence how voters turn out

London mayor’s demand comes as civil rights campaigners criticise PM’s promise to increase police powers

Disability advocates and civil rights group warn new policy amounts to unconstitutional discrimination

Lexington ranks among the top four percent of municipalities nationally for L-G-B-T-Q-Plus equality. That’s according to the national civil rights organization, Human Rights Campaign.