Former presidents and thousands of mourners gather in Chicago to celebrate Rev. Jesse Jackson’s life and work ...

A new civil rights report argues that lynchings of Black men didn't end in America — they evolved — and that some deaths ...

"And the message he sent to a 22-year-old child of a single mother, with a funny name — an outsider — was that maybe there ...

Bernard LaFayette, who died March 5, was instrumental in the organization of students across Nashville to protest segregated lunch counters in 1960.

Bernard LaFayette, who died March 5, was instrumental in the organization of students across Nashville to protest segregated ...

These Black activists fought for civil rights over decades. Here are their warnings, and advice, for American protesters ...

As a series of memorial services begin to pay respects to Jackson, a new generation of leaders works to preserve hard-fought civil rights gains.

From the civil rights era of the 1960s until today, white victims of government violence have received disproportionate attention.

(Bangkok) – In 2025, Pakistani authorities deployed vague and overbroad laws to intensify their crackdown on media freedom, political opposition, and civil society groups, Human Rights Watch said ...

Minnesota’s standoff with the Trump administration amid its immigration crackdown in the state has made a political tinderbox of the Twin Cities, as devolving clashes between protesters and federal ...

Set in 1960s Florida, this powerful documentary uncovers a hidden chapter of the Civil Rights Movement. A courageous group of Black high school students organized peaceful sit-ins at a downtown lunch ...

At first glance, some of the language looks familiar. A letter sent to state officials in Rhode Island by the Justice Department in June included a reminder that federal civil rights law "prohibits an ...