"Having Senator Booker use his body as Black people have done in this country to fight for the advancement of other people, ...

One of the longest speeches in Senate history delivered as Democrats try to show irate supporters they’re doing all they can ...

N.J., is the latest Democrat to take a fiery stand against President Donald Trump, holding a marathon speech on the Senate ...

Union rights for federal employees in departments linked to national security are being rolled back via a new executive order ...

A federal antisemitism task force is reviewing more than $255 million in contracts between Harvard and the federal government ...

Universities could soon face two tough options: bow to the Trump administration or fight back. The federal government has yet ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march—one of the most defining moments in the U.S. civil ...

President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to overhaul the nation's elections is facing its first legal challenges.

A Q&A with the civil rights attorney, who is still rabid about defending the Constitution and the First Amendment.

The last day of March commemorates labor activist and civil rights icon Cesar Chavez, whose fight to better the lives of the ...

The civil rights movement remained within democratic norms ... as one of the main Columbia University anti-Israel groups declared in August, “We are Westerners fighting for the total eradication of ...

The civil rights era comes alive in these excellent, informative books for kids of all ages. From beautifully illustrated picture books to memoirs that depict the Jim Crow South to biographies of ...