Today, the SPLC and the nation mourn the loss of civil rights and voting rights activist Bernard LaFayette. He was 85.

A lawsuit challenging diversity scholarships offered by a Michigan law firm has been dismissed after the parties reached an agreement clarifying the scholarships are open to ...

The event marked the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the most violent day of the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march for the ...

EXCLUSIVE — A Michigan law firm, which previously blasted a lawsuit over its diversity scholarships as “completely frivolous,” has agreed to remove race-based language from its award criteria and end ...

As the Trump administration dismantles the Education Department, the agency is pulling back on its role policing ...

The indictment against journalist Don Lemon and eight others will likely be dismissed because it hinges on a charge that is viewed as so constitutionally flawed that the Justice Department's Civil ...

In this week's It’s Debatable, Rosen and Moster debate President Trump's executive order denying citizenship to children born to mothers who are unlawfully in the United States.

Foundlings – babies born of unknown parentage – loomed large in the imagination of mid-19th century Americans, who dutifully ...

Should babies born in the United States to parents without legal residency here automatically become U.S. citizens, as they ...

Immigration Matters is a recurring series by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández that analyzes the court’s immigration docket, highlighting emerging legal questions about new policy and enforcement ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Congressional Black Caucus and civil rights leaders launched a campaign to counter Trump administration ...

This week, the US House of Representatives will vote on legislation that, if enacted, would create new barriers for millions of eligible voters in the United States. The Safeguard American Voter ...