WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed ready to rule − possibly unanimously − that members of a majority group do ...

U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared to lean on Wednesday toward making it easier for people from "majority backgrounds," ...

The Supreme Court seems likely to side with an Ohio woman who claims she suffered sex discrimination in her employment ...

The movement was civil and voting rights for Black Americans, and the subject was Vivian. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the greatest preacher he had ever seen. President Barack Obama ...

The Reagan administration took an early lead attacking affirmative action as a quota-based program. It was during the ...

March 17 marks 106 years since the birth of musician Nat King Cole, whose success paved the way for future generations of ...

It does not support U.S. and therefore long-standing Wisconsin legislation. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act both protect students from ...

Though MacArthur Cotton was critical of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 82-year-old is even more critical of where things stand with the legislation now.

Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, ...

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is committed to operating its programs and services without regard to race, color or national origin in accordance with Title VI of the Civil ...

The first bill, dubbed the ACCESS Act, would bring the legal standard in line with the 2019 rules that allow employees to sue their employer for allowing discriminatory harassment in the workplace.

The Act also strengthened the Bill of Rights (1689), which had previously established the order of succession for Mary II’s heirs. Mary’s father, James II, had fled England in 1688 during events ...