Years ago, I was honored to serve as an appointed member of Washington DC’s Martin Luther King’s Holiday Commission. My ...

Civil disobedience is by nature violating the law to bring attention to a cause. Famously, civil disobedience by the Rev.

With 300,000 employees gone and collective-bargaining rights eliminated, the administration has hobbled organized labor. Did ...

Pierpont Mobley, a dedicated advocate for equal employment and justice, dies at 88. Remembering his legacy and contributions to human rights.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 changed decades of law that permitted citizens to discriminate against others just because of ...

The District of Columbia's longtime delegate is closing out her career in Congress. Eleanor Holmes Norton filed paperwork ...

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 ...

Traditionally an austere space where the president meets with his advisers, the Cabinet Room now echoes themes from Mr. Trump’s “maximalist” Oval Office. It, too, is a room filled with gold accents, ...

As communities across the country on Monday hosted parades, panels and service projects for the 40th federal observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the political climate for some is more fraught w ...

The White House altered a photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights lawyer arrested in Minneapolis for protesting inside ...

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has reoriented its mission since Donald Trump retook office and put Harmeet Dhillon in charge.

The celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day this past Monday was the 40th anniversary of this federal holiday. Its establishment only came after another great struggle. The movement to commemorate ...