Just how bad is the Supreme Court’s June 27 decision on birthright citizenship? Among progressive and liberal commentators, ...

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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 ...

As the act turns 60, some who were involved in its formation and continuation reflect on where it is today and worry about where it will stand in the future.

News Analysis For Trump, Civil Rights Protections Should Help White Men Administration officials pick and choose which civil rights protections they want to enforce, and for whom.

Columbia University violated federal civil rights law through its "deliberate indifference" toward the anti-Israel protests that have taken place on campus since Oct. 7, 2023.

While the memo does not change federal civil rights law, it nonetheless portends enforcement attention with severe potential penalties on government contractors and funds recipients.

Dear Editor, Justice Gray explained the Civil Rights Act (1866) declared, "All persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power" were citizens thereof, but in the 14th ...

After landmark legislation like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, disparate-impact theory accreted steadily in American jurisprudence.

The reality is that Princeton has violated the principles of the Civil Rights Act. It may have gone further: in Morenoff’s estimation, its contracting policy likely ran afoul of New Jersey civil ...

Republicans are seeking to remove gender identity protections from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. Here's how the law protects Iowans from discrimination.