The lawsuit says federal agents are stopping people only for being Latino, placing them in ‘deplorable conditions’ and not ...

The investigation over Harvard’s treatment of Jewish and Israeli students is the latest in the battle between the White House ...

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The ACLU of Mississippi is planning to monitor the enforcement of several anti-homelessness laws for violations of ...

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Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 strictly prohibits discrimination in federally funded education programs based on race, color, or national origin. The DOJ’s involvement could lead to ...

The decision is a step toward ensuring accountability for constitutional violations that happen behind bars. Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), a law passed nearly 30 years ago, ...

But the crisis did not arise suddenly from an otherwise healthy political environment. US democracy is in urgent need of repair. The problems that came to a head in January had been accumulating for ...

The university's ability to retain its accreditation and continued access to federal student aid hinges on its swift and effective response to these civil rights violations.

The United States Department of Justice has sent a letter to Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha notifying him that the state is under investigation for alleged race-based (or any other ...

Columbia University’s accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (the Commission) is under scrutiny following a formal notification from the U.S. Department of Education’s ...

WASHINGTON—Much of the nation’s apparatus for rooting out civil-rights violations in schools has ground to a standstill because of recent staffing cuts, raising alarm bells across the ...