A new lawsuit argues that recent layoffs undermine the office’s ability to investigate complaints of discrimination from all students, not just those aligned with President Trump’s agenda.

The latest cuts further compound funding and staffing shortages that have plagued the Office of Civil Rights. The effects of ...

A United Nations-backed group of human rights experts accused Israel of "disproportionate violence against women and children" during the war against Hamas in Gaza, and accused Israeli security forces ...

An analysis of the Trump administration's cuts to the agency shows its civil rights enforcement and research arms are hit particularly hard.

The Department of Justice dropped a civil rights lawsuit filed last year against the national nonprofit Southwest Key ...

(WIB) – The White House sent shockwaves through the education community last week when it suspended an esteemed federal official responsible for “the nation’s report card.” The move, experts say, ...

Photographer Andrew Feiler documented the last remaining Rosenwald Schools built to educate Black children during segregation ...

Advocates worry the federal government would not look out in the same way for poor students, those still learning English, ...

On March 7, 2025, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it would begin investigating ...

President Donald Trump’s pledge to launch the “largest deportation program in American history” has created confusion and ...

The halt to funding for the NED threatens to shut down groups documenting and helping to stop human rights abuses in North ...

LGBTQ rights groups are asking the Democratic Party to “do more” to protect the rights of gay and transgender Americans in ...