On February 26, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, a case involving the appropriate ...

Parent's rights organization files civil rights complaint against Portland Public Schools alleging race-based discrimination.

New leadership at the U.S. Department of Justice dropped a case last week that accused Maryland State Police of violating ...

Following three separate incidents of racial bullying last year at Southwick Regional School, the state’s Department of ...

Marlean Ames filed suit against a state agency claiming she was not given a promotion because she is heterosexual.

Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday signed into law legislation removing civil rights protections for transgender Iowans.

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The Americans with Disabilities Act guarantees equal protection for people with a wide range of disabilities. But advocates say many challenges remain.

The Supreme Court seemed likely Wednesday to side with an Ohio woman who claims she suffered sex discrimination from her ...

A public-interest law firm has filed federal civil-rights complaints against New York and Wisconsin on behalf of contractors ...

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Iowa became the first US state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. Kim ...