When is suspending students discrimination? Education Department renews an old fight
President Trump's Education Department is telling schools to stop considering race when it comes to school discipline.
Federal civil rights data holds schools accountable. Under Trump, it’s 6 months late
The Education Department has long collected civil rights data about things like bullying, harassment and disability services in schools, but…
DOJ memo stokes fear among disability advocates of a return to institutionalization
The Justice Department's opinion challenges civil rights protections that have long treated the institutionalization of disabled Americans as a last…
As the U.S. turns 250, this historian has blunt advice: ‘America has to grow up’
In America, U.S.A., Princeton historian Eddie Glaude Jr. looks at the country through the lens of its previous anniversaries and…
One by one, U.S. civil rights agency dismantles tools to fight discrimination
The EEOC is seeking to overturn rules created decades ago to tackle discrimination in employment. The Trump administration says those…