Research suggests attacks on higher ed part of a 'political playbook' since the Civil Rights Movement
History has repeatedly shown that moments of major social and political progress are often followed by backlash. For example, ...
MLK in the North: The Civil Rights Leader Understood That Racism and Segregation Were National Problems
Yet King understood that racism, segregation, and police brutality were a national condition, not a regional issue. Many of ...
City Journal10d
The Rise of Civil Terrorism
Rather than keep their identities hidden, the marauders filmed their work and posted it to their enterprise’s Instagram page ... actions through the lens of civil disobedience, recalling the 1960s ...
The Hill14d
Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez rallies setting stage for protest movement: Activist
Some Republican members of Congress have faced voter pushback Two high-profile Congress members are taking advantage in swing districts This could signal a larger protest movement, one activist ...
Houston Chronicle16d
Both sides of the school voucher debate are invoking the Civil Rights Movement. Who is right?
As the school voucher debate unfolds this legislative session, both sides have attempted to pick up the mantle of the 20th-century Civil Rights Movement to make their case about subsidizing ...
The Hill22d
New lawsuit alleges Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights cannot fulfill responsibilities after cuts
A lawsuit filed Friday alleges the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is unable to fulfill its mandated obligations due to the Trump administration’s changes as it seeks ...
CNN23d
‘Students will suffer harm’: Education Department’s civil rights office gutted by layoffs, closures
The Education Department’s civil rights office has been among the hardest hit by layoffs, with the Trump administration shuttering seven of its 12 regional offices and laying off nearly half of ...
Wall Street Journal24d
The Travel Agent Who Brokered Peace Between Rivals in a Brutal Civil War
Tens of thousands of people on both sides of Sudan’s brutal two-year civil war have sought safety in Uganda, and hundreds of those refugees have set up small businesses in a five-story ...
The New York Times24d
The Balochistan Separatist Movement in Pakistan: What to Know
No. Unlike many other militant groups operating in Pakistan, the B.L.A. is a secular separatist movement that seeks ... student advocates and human rights groups. Pakistani officials have also ...
Associated Press25d
An office known for enforcing special education is now focused on Trump’s political priorities
March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is known best for ...
National Geographic news26d
The 19th Amendment was a key step for women's rights in the U.S.
It included just 28 words, but a single sentence transformed the civil rights of women in the United ... Alice Paul and other leaders of the suffragist movement celebrate the passing of the ...