Five universities are under investigation by the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights for providing ...

The U.S. Department of Education investigation will determine whether the scholarships violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

While officials maintain the office is still protecting schoolchildren’s civil rights, the numbers tell a different story.

Vernon Dahmer Jr., eldest son of slain civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer Sr., has died. We talk to family, friends of the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration insists it hasn’t wavered in its duty to protect the civil rights of America’s ...

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

James Ferguson II, a Charlotte civil rights lawyer whose landmark cases desegregated schools nationwide died July 21, 2025 at ...

The University of Louisville was one of five schools under investigation, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

ASHEVILLE - Trailblazing civil rights attorney and Asheville native James "Fergie" Ferguson died the morning of July 21, his ...

On April 4, 2011, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights published a “ Dear Colleague” letter meant to clarify colleges’ legal obligations under Title IX.

The Trump administration has issued Harvard a "Notice of Violation" under the Civil Rights Act for its handling of alleged discrimination against Jewish students.

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) determined that Harvard University violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by showing ...