The bill, which received early support Wednesday during a senate committee meeting, would allow an employee ranked at ...

Walking out of prison at age 61, Adams had nothing but the clothes on his back. Louisiana law says because he was wrongly sent to prison for a crime he didn’t commit, he’s entitled to money from the ...

Proponents of the bill, including Murril, presented Section 1983 — a federal law — as a viable alternative to seeking ...

The Trump administration has shifted staff and undertaken a series of policy changes at the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division ... alleging the state redrew its 2020 maps in a way ...

A new law creates a buffer zone around working police officers, echoing similar laws across the country that are facing challenges.

Campos was one of seven Latin American construction workers who were stopped by an Iowa State Patrol officer outside Dubuque last week. The traffic stop is the subject of a civil-rights complaint ...

Civil rights activist Bishop ... and incommoding,” according to police. Barber is the former North Carolina NAACP president. He stepped down from his position as the state chapter’s president ...

An advocacy group sued the Trump administration over its policy of allowing immigration enforcement agents to act in spaces ...

A year-long investigation by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights into what it characterizes ... home to the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver and University ...

Three former Memphis police ... after the state trial. After Nichols's death, five officers were fired, charged in state court and indicted by a federal grand jury on civil rights and witness ...

President Trump marked the first 100 days of his second term on Tuesday at a rally in Michigan in which he celebrated his ...