Newly confirmed DOJ Civil Division head Brett Shumate has issued a memo directing staff to focus on conservative priorities, including antisemitism and challenging DEI programs.

Archaeologists at Colonial Williamsburg recently announced the discovery of four Confederate soldier skeletons, revealing a makeshift hospital from the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg.

Buried in more than 1,000 pages of legislative text is Section 90002, a provision that strikes at the heart of the professional, nonpartisan civil service.

Meet 21 civil rights activists—past and present—whose bold leadership reshaped history and continues to inspire justice movements today.

Civil engineers design the infrastructure that allows society to function: roads, bay-spanning bridges, earthquake-safe buildings, drinking water treatment systems, reservoir systems. Increasingly, ...

The right to a civil jury trial is far more deeply rooted in American history and tradition than is the right to own guns, which the Supreme Court was right to incorporate.

Never mind Trump losing the election, America’s next civil war has already started – this is how it will end As a new poll shows that more than a quarter of Americans believe civil war could ...

Democrats are demanding answers about a shifting work focus, diminished staffing and demands of Trump loyalty within the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, including from the Californian ...

Discrimination cases unravel as Trump scraps core civil rights tenet The administration is dismissing cases and unwinding settlements built on “disparate impact,” which holds that even neutral ...

President Trump has taken steps to nullify disparate impact liability, a key component to the Civil Rights Act as he works to remove diversity, equity and inclusion policies from the government.

I predicted the next US civil war would be in 2040 – but l was wrong. It feels closer than that… As the fallout of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump continues, Stephen Marche, author ...

A peace deal ending a conflict that killed tens of thousands in South Sudan is in danger of collapsing, raising fears that the world’s youngest nation — and one of its poorest — could ...