The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to allow mass layoffs in the Department of Education will further stall pending cases.

The National Urban League has declared a "state of emergency" over civil rights policies in response to the Trump ...

When student Hanaan Kazia first heard about the federal civil rights probe into George Mason University, she wasn't surprised ...

Between March 11 and June 27, 2025, the Education Department‘s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) dismissed 3,424 complaints — an ...

The department honed in on a policy by the Department of Human Services requiring managers to provide justification for ...

A former Nye County Sheriff’s Office captain has avoided prison time after pleading guilty to civil rights violations and wire fraud.

The complaint and investigation data show the toll of mass layoffs, advocates argue. The department says OCR “is vigorously ...

Eleven leading education research organizations are calling on the U.S. Department of Education to take immediate action to finalize the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) for the 2025-26 school year ...

Trump administration notifies Harvard of alleged civil rights violations A letter from the administration’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism threatens all federal funding to the school.

Harvard’s public pledges to improve its disciplinary framework for harassment and misconduct are inadequate to meaningfully address these serious findings,” HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Paula ...

A senior Homeland Security official says the offices established to protect against abuse were cut because they are "roadblocks' to enforcement.

A Trump administration investigation has found that Harvard University violated federal civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish students on campus. The finding puts the school at risk of ...