Democratic attorneys general across 19 states and Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Some have urged us to withdraw our father’s music from the Kennedy Center to protest Trump’s hostile takeover. We asked: What ...

April is often associated with spring and renewal, but it also powerfully reminds us of the struggles and triumphs within ...

BOSTON — The State Department must issue passports to six transgender and nonbinary people consistent with their gender identities after a federal judge ruled that they were likely to prevail on their ...

A pregnant street vendor who was allegedly attacked by a woman in Simi Valley has filed a civil rights lawsuit, claiming the incident was a hate crime. The attorneys for Mary B. announced the ...

LOS ANGELES — The 78th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s breaking of Major League Baseball’s color barrier centered on the Los Angeles Dodgers, as it always does. But on Tuesday, the league ...

Civil rights advocacy groups and lawmakers characterized the administrative leave decision as a serious blow to U.S. civil rights enforcement. Deborah Vagins, national campaign director at Equal ...

“Devoid of empathy,” wrote Rusty Reuff, a former Obama appointee to the Advisory Committee for the Arts for The Kennedy Center ... not you or your kids,” wrote anti-gun violence activist Jackie Corin, ...

The GOP-led House Oversight Committee is opening an inquiry into Harvard University’s compliance with civil rights laws after the Ivy League school rejected demands from the Trump administration ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The meeting, which Target asked for, comes after some civil rights groups urged consumers not to shop at Target in response to the retailer’s decision to cut back on DEI. While Sharpton has not ...