A new law, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last month, creates an Office of Civil Rights within the California Department of ...

Rutgers President William Tate IV announced he is opening an Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity amid federal ...

The Justice Department plans to expand gun-rights protections with a new office in its civil rights division dedicated to ...

President John F. Kennedy conceived of the office in the early 1960s, saying the federal government should have experts who ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson appointed Colleen Melody, who worked for him in a key role in the attorney general's office, to fill a ...

Jazmyne Owens interviews GeDá Jones Herbert on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its impacts on civil rights protections and enforcement in public schools.

When the U.S. Department of Education closed the office for civil rights’ regional outpost in Philadelphia, the complaints investigators there would have handled from schools in Pennsylvania and four ...

People exit the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., on September 30, 2025. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Federal worker advocates are hoping Congress’s bill ...

Virginia is one of just a few states where only the governor can restore voting rights for people with felony convictions.