Department of Education Organization ... co-educational institution sued to stop enforcement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the U.S. government's request for an assurance of compliance ...

President Trump revoked a 1965 rule that prohibited federal contractors from discriminating against employees or job ...

The Department of Education was created in 1979, but its origins date back much farther. Take us back to post-Civil War, when ...

The directives halt ongoing civil rights cases and could jeopardize police reform agreements finalized in recent months in Minneapolis and Louisville.

and the Republican was expected to again radically reshape the department’s priorities around civil rights. It’s unclear how long the “litigation freeze” may last. The memo said the move was necessary ...

Trump is reversing the Civil Rights Division's positions on major legal issues, including voting rights, abortion rights and DEI initiatives.

While conservative activists praise these efforts as a return to meritocracy, left-leaning activists believe these actions ...

With a stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on Tuesday that overturned government policies going back six decades that banned discrimination and required ...

The Department of Justice sent a memo to the interim director of the civil rights division, ordering a freeze to all ongoing litigation and a stop to any new cases.

President Donald Trump ramped up his efforts to crack down on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government ... Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting ...