Jill Savitt, president and CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, said in a statement that the center's partnership with Norfolk Southern ensures that it will be "an even more powerful ...

A lawsuit filed on Friday alleges the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is unable to fulfill its ...

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 ...

The Trump administration’s decision to slash 50% of the Education Department’s workforce has ignited fierce debate, with advocates praising decentrali ...

Many of the office’s cases over the decades have served as a catalyst for broader policy change and social reforms.

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, ...