Civil Rights

Putting Fair Housing Investigations on Back-Burner, Trump's HUD Abandons Core Mission

Top DOJ Civil Rights Lawyer Resigns. New Job: Battling DOJ Attacks on Civil Rights

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"You are seeing a brain drain out of the DOJ that is not normal, and it is a reflection of how aberrant this attorney general has been, with not only reversal of positions but targeting of communities."

As Lawmakers Accuse DeVos of Lack of Regard for Students, Her Own Staffer Admits 'Things Have Gotten Pretty Awful Here'

Julia Conley, staff writer

"What do you mean, there's no data?" a lawmaker asked Secretary of Education...

Ahead of Nationwide Walkout Demanding Action on Guns, ACLU Offers Primer on Students' Rights

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"Rather than seeking to silence students' political engagement and quashing...

'Chilling and Unprecedented': DHS Reauthorization Bill Would Let Trump Send Secret Service to Polling Places

Repudiating Trump DOJ, Court Delivers Victory to LGBTQ Advocates in Workplace Discrimination Decision

'Mean-Spirited': DeVos Attacks Effort to Better Serve Students of Color and Those With Disabilities

284 Members of Congress Just Got an 'F' on Their Civil Rights Report Card

Trump's Department of Education Admits It Actively Doesn't Care About Transgender Students

'Fed Up' With ICE Targeting of Courthouses, NYC Public Defenders Stage Mass Walkout

LGBTQ Groups Slam Trump Education Dept for Refusing to Protect Rights of Transgender Students

'Ironic, Misguided, and Harmful': Prisons Slammed for Banning Book on Racist Legacy of Mass Incarceration

Racial Justice Activist Erica Garner, Daughter of Eric Garner, Dies at Age 27

Erica Garner 'Showing Her Fighting Spirit' as Family Holds Onto Hope for Recovery

'She's Fighting': Erica Garner in Critical Condition After Suffering Heart Attack

Protests Greet Trump at Mississippi Museum as Civil Rights Figures Honored

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Getting Into Good Trouble: John Lewis Got Busted 53 Years Ago For Using A 'White' Toilet

Change Happens (If Much Too Slowly) Dept: Civil rights icon and Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) tweeted out his long-ago, self-assured mugshot today to commemorate his 1961 release from a Mississippi prison where he served 37 days for "disorderly conduct," aka daring to use a bathroom labelled "white." A leader of the Selma to Montgomery March, the tireless Lewis has been arrested over 40 times fighting for civil rights - he calls it "good or necessary trouble" - for which we thank him.