The Latest Breaking News from Civil Rights

Lawyer for family threaten federal civil rights lawsuit against Senatobia if demand not met after boy detained and placed in cell

Observers worry about the chilling effects on protests after Atlanta indicts demonstrators under organized crime law

Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys have accused South Carolina Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill of jury tampering and have called for a federal investigation into whether she violated Murdaugh’s civil rights

A 24-year-old man died at an Atlanta hospital after being found unresponsive at a jail that is already being investigated by federal authorities for potential civil rights violations

Dalit rights groups hail the vote as a landmark victory in their bid to stop casteism from taking root in the US.

Environmental advocates and residents of the Louisiana chemical corridor known as Cancer Alley have spent decades calling for change in the way industrial activity is regulated there

Two nonprofit groups have sued a white nationalist hate group in North Dakota, accusing it of racial intimidation

State govt. transfers 35 police officers incl. Kuldeep Kumar Jain (replaced by Anupam Agarwal). S.D. Sharanappa, Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Bengaluru City, posted as Deputy Inspector-General of Police & Director, Karnataka Police Academy, Mysuru. D.R. Siri Gowri, DCP Administration, posted as Deputy Director, Fire & Emergency Services. Abdul Ahad,…

A panel of judges threw out the state's latest map for congressional districts, finding it didn’t fix a likely violation of civil rights law.

World’s richest man claims civil rights group has falsely accused site formerly known as Twitter of being antisemitic

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week