Donald Trump’s measures ending government diversity efforts are part of a much broader effort to reverse civil rights gains ...

States and advocacy groups for immigrants have filed at least eight lawsuits around the country challenging President Donald Trump's executive order.

Black History Month is an annual observance centered on celebrating the history, heritage, cultural influence and social ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal office that enforces civil rights at schools across the U.S. has been ordered to prioritize ...

The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a ...

A decadeslong history of violent conflict is among the reasons that countries in the region are opposed to providing a haven ...

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.

Recommendations to the Foreign Ministers of EU Member States Ahead of the Syria Conference in Paris on February 13 ...

The White House is effectively declaring war on federalism by claiming unconstitutional jurisdictional power—and daring the ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, better known as the NAACP, has a long history, working since 1909 to advance justice and equality for African Americans. It was ...

All these moves are supposedly justified by the idea that the federal government does not play a legitimate role in education ...

It took the post-Civil War constitutional amendments to overturn ... both legal and historical understanding regarding rights and the United States. Rather than perceive the U.S. as a nation ...