Civil Rights Act aimed to prevent workplace discrimination. Trump says it promotes bias and will stop enforcing it.

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order titled "Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy" that ...

A memo reviewed by CBS News said Trump appointees are considering closing the Community Relations Service, which was created ...

Meet 21 civil rights activists—past and present—whose bold leadership reshaped history and continues to inspire justice ...

Figures and Sewell sent a letter to the GSA on March 6, urging the agency to remove the civil rights landmark from its list.

In Birmingham, the A.G. Gaston Motel is the city’s newest restored civil rights landmark and is jointly owned by the city of Birmingham and the U.S. Department of the Interior. The site is part ...

The ruling gave environmental justice advocates a reprieve from other court defeats as well as the Trump administration's ...

The Justice Department said Friday it would terminate a landmark civil rights settlement to rectify long-standing sanitation problems for residents in Lowndes County, Alabama, saying the Biden-era ...

in what experts say could be a landmark case on the civil rights of non-citizens. But first, Khalil will have to fend off a challenge to try and get his case moved out of the U.S. District Court ...

The Education Department has, since its creation 25 years after the landmark ruling, taken on a central role in mediating disputes and enforcing civil rights laws across the country. What will ...

Prominent Atlanta attorney Ed Buckley, whose advocacy for discriminated-against Georgia employees led to landmark civil rights protections nationwide, has died after a battle with cancer. Buckley, 68, ...