The organization also cited the “violent repression and arbitrary arrest” of journalists as contributing to their rating for ...

Given the political ferment of the moment, here are three books that provide interesting and helpful insights into the world of civil disobedience and protests. What Are Your Rights When Filming the ...

A federal appeals court panel has ruled that private individuals and organizations cannot bring voting rights cases under a ...

Ed Sullivan is a small-screen legend, but there's one oft-overlooked part of his legacy: his contributions to civil rights.

When The Wall Street Journal — whose parent company is owned by Rupert Murdoch, a billionaire and powerful Trump ally — ...

The first Trump administration denounced the United Nation’s hypocrisy on human rights, withdrawing from the U.N. Human Rights Council when the call for reforming its autocracy-heavy membership was ...

Past administrations, including Obama's, have sought to denaturalize U.S. citizens, such as terrorists and Nazis. But ...

A new biography of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, born in Concord in 1890, provides evidence that Flynn, a celebrated and maligned ...

The organization I lead, Democracy Forward, has, along with several other groups, filed a motion to defend the law. Texans ...

Both then and today, the widely publicized trial has been portrayed as a microcosm of an asserted battle between "science" ...

On July 21, 1925 — a century ago today — substitute teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating a state ban on ...

In a high-stakes voting rights battle with roots in the Reconstruction era, civil rights groups on Friday filed two new motions in a federal lawsuit that could restore voting rights to thousands of ...