Kansans won’t know until at least Tuesday if a judge will delay implementation of the state’s new “bathroom law,” but a ...

Bernard LaFayette, who is known for participating in the Freedom Rides and overseeing the voter registration campaign in ...

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

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

Rosalie Silberman Abella, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, offered a wide-ranging exploration of the differences between American and Canadian constitutional jurisprudence when she ...

The Supreme Court is set to convene Monday to hear a Second Amendment dispute over a federal law that bars unlawful drug users from having firearms.

NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. civil rights agency has determined that the federal government can bar transgender employees from ...

The proposals in the Arizona Legislature have generated alarm among civil liberty groups and activists who see First Amendment rights in jeopardy.

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A federal agent in Minnesota grabbed a woman’s phone as it recorded him approaching her Jan. 9, two days after a federal agent shot a U.S. citizen. “Have y’all not learned from the past couple of days ...