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Man Sentenced to Nine Years for Racially Motivated Shooting of Neighbor

Prosecutors relied on a federal law that outlaws force or threats to interfere with housing rights to hold him accountable.

Rare Lincoln Documents Exposed to Excess Heat in New Undercroft Exhibit

EEOC Rescinds 1979 Affirmative‑Action Guidance

EEOC Rescinds 1979 Affirmative‑Action Guidance

Man Charged With Hate Crime After Alleged Racial Slur and Push of 9-Year-Old in Naperville

DOJ Memo Narrows Title VII Disparate-Impact Theory

Tulsa Confronts 1921 Massacre With New Forensic Finds and Renewed Reparations Push

East Boston Couple Charged After Alleged Racial Attack Outside Restaurant

Clarence B. Jones Dies at 95, Longtime Lawyer and Speechwriter to Martin Luther King Jr.

DOJ Opens Federal Civil‑Rights Probe of Washington Women’s Prison

Avon and Somerset Police Drop Hate-Crime Probe Into Bristol Street Preacher

USA Powerlifting, JayCee Cooper Settle Minnesota Discrimination Case

Marriott Sued After Black Guest Says Ohio Hotel Canceled Stay and Called Police

Birthright Citizenship Case Heads to Supreme Court as Legal Briefs Challenge Trump Order

Bristol Pastor Arrested Over Street Sermon as Police Cite Public Order Offence

Spain’s Supreme Court Affirms Hate-Crime Conviction for Racist Slur and Threats

Oni Releases 'First Freedom,' a Graphic Biography of Opal Lee

DOJ Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Baltimore Health Department’s Race-Segregated Trainings

EEOC Sues to Enforce Subpoena in Nike DEI Discrimination Probe

Minecraft Reups Free 'Good Trouble' DLC With Civil Rights Lessons, Drawing Online Backlash