Signed 35 years ago this month, the ADA was the world’s first comprehensive civil rights law for people with disabilities — guaranteeing equal opportunity in public accommodations, employment, and ...

Recently, on May 31, 2025, I attended a community celebration for the sculpture unveiling ceremony honoring Dr. Martin Luther ...

Housing is a basic human need, and no one should be turned away from resources and services that help them obtain stable, ...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended discrimination. Understand this 1964 Act's key rules, its landmark provisions against race, sex, and religious bias, and its profound impact on US equality ...

On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

In 1968, Dr. Sidney White Jr., a dentist, and his wife, Helen White, an educator and community activist, set out to build their dream house. They ultimately chose the newish Austin neighborhood of ...

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Considered the nation’s most important civil rights legislation since Reconstruction (1865-1877), it prohibits ...

According to a memorandum issued on May 19, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) will use the False Claims Act as a tool to enforce federal civil rights laws. The new policy memo has ...

Iowans reflect on the 60th anniversary of the Iowa Civil Rights Act and what its future holds.

Signed in 1965, the Iowa Civil Rights Act provides legal protection from discrimination against protected classes regarding housing, employment, education, public services and accommodations ...

Administration officials pick and choose which civil rights protections they want to enforce, and for whom.

Columbia University violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through its "deliberate indifference" toward the anti-Israel protests that have taken over campus, according to the HHS.