Trump admin's claims of "reverse discrimination" upend DOJ Civil Rights Division

A Trump administration initiative is upending 60 years of efforts by the federal government to prevent discrimination against ...

Judge deals blow to the Trump Justice Department’s use of the Civil Rights Act to 'clean' voter rolls

The Trump administration’s sweeping legal effort to obtain Americans’ sensitive data from states’ voter rolls is now almost ...
Reuters

Trump can slash Education Department's civil rights staff, court rules

1st Circuit allows Trump administration to reduce Education Department's civil rights staff Administration cited recent U.S. Supreme Court order in related litigation Judge Myong Joun called Supreme ...
The New Yorker

When the Government Stops Defending Civil Rights

During the recent government shutdown, some Republicans in Congress have expressed sympathy for the roughly seven hundred and thirty thousand federal employees who have been performing essential ...
Government Executive

Education Department civil rights staff returning to work to tackle complaint backlog

The U.S. Education Department is bringing back hundreds of employees in its Office for Civil Rights who were placed on paid administrative leave earlier this year, according to a Dec. 5 email to those ...
Reuters

Ex-employees of US Justice Department blast 'destruction' of civil rights unit

WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - More than 200 former employees of the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday criticized what they called the ongoing "destruction" of its Civil Rights Division, saying ...
UPI

Education Department launches civil rights investigation into Duke

July 29 (UPI) --The Department of Education has launched a civil rights investigation into Duke University amid the Trump administration's crackdown on higher-learning institutions as it seeks to rid ...
WDRB

Federal government says UK's partnership with nonprofit violated Civil Rights Act

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The federal government says the University of Kentucky violated the Civil Rights Act. The U.S. Department of Education started an investigation in March that coincided with ...
Government Executive

After shedding most employees, DOJ looks to shift around Civil Rights staff to fill ‘deep need’

The Justice Department is soliciting staff within its Civil Rights Division to take reassignments to fill vacancies in areas related to education, employment and voting, with leaders citing the “deep ...
CNN

‘It’s a black hole’: Civil rights office at Department of Education veers from original mission

A little-known civil rights office in the Department of Education that helps resolve complaints from students across the country about discrimination and accommodating disabilities has been gutted by ...
NPR

Civil rights jobs have been cut. Those ex-workers warn of ICE detention violations

When Jennifer Ibañez Whitlock was advising immigration attorneys, she would tell their clients in detention to look for the hummingbird logo. The hummingbird floated on the tablets of case managers ...