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21 Civil Rights Activists Who Changed And Will Change History
Meet 21 civil rights activists—past and present—whose bold leadership reshaped history and continues to inspire justice ...
The Grio24d
This Harvard-educated civil rights lawyer was laid off from the DOE—now she’s fighting back
That clarity of purpose led her to the DOE in 2016 to accept a position as a civil rights attorney. “It was really important to me that Black students, students like me, had full access and ...
Los Angeles Times26d
The California Office for Civil Rights is closing. What now for school discrimination cases?
The San Francisco Office for Civil Rights is closing down as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Department of Education. It is uncertain what will come of the backlog of the ...
Reuters26d
US civil rights agency targets 20 big law firms with demand for DEI data
Perkins Coie filed a lawsuit alleging that the order against it violated its rights under the U.S. Constitution, and a judge in Washington temporarily blocked parts of it last week. Law school ...
The Hill28d
New lawsuit alleges Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights cannot fulfill responsibilities after cuts
A lawsuit filed Friday alleges the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is unable to fulfill its mandated obligations due to the Trump administration’s changes as it seeks ...
The New York Times29d
Education Department Sued Over Cuts to Civil Rights Office
By Michael C. Bender and Aishvarya Kavi Reporting from Washington The Education Department on Friday was sued over deep cuts to its office assigned to enforce civil rights in schools, with two ...
The New York Times1mon
Trump Firings Gut Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
But now the office created to enforce that promise has been decimated. The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights was slashed in half on Tuesday as part of President Trump’s aggressive ...
Associated Press1mon
Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Education Department’s civil rights branch ...
ProPublica1mon
Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division
Civil rights complaints in schools and colleges largely have been investigated through a dozen regional outposts across the country. Now there will be five. The Office for Civil Rights ...
Education Week1mon
Civil Rights, Research, and More: What’s Hit Hardest by Massive Ed. Dept. Cuts
The agency’s anti-discrimination enforcement arm, the office for civil rights, is another division sustaining heavy cuts. That office existed even before the Education Department was carved into ...
Southern Poverty Law Center4y
Alabama‘s Premier Civil Rights Site
Known as the birthplace of the civil rights movement, the city of Montgomery is rich with civil rights history, and no tour of Alabama’s capital would be complete without a visit to the Civil Rights ...