Andrea Lucas, the Trump-appointed chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, has set a new agenda for an agency that long prioritized vulnerable and underserved workers.

Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. to honor his long civil rights legacy begin in Chicago. Events will also take place in Washington, D.C., and South Carolina, where he was born and began his activism.

As a series of memorial services begin to pay respects to Jackson, a new generation of leaders works to preserve hard-fought civil rights gains.

From Selma, Ala., in 1965 to presidential campaigns, Andrew Young reflects on the life of a fellow civil rights leader who helped reshape American politics.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died at 84, had deep ties to Georgia, from marching alongside Martin Luther King Jr. to delivering one of the most memorable speeches in Atlanta political history. 

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.

A new book by a Georgia Tech professor traces the boxer's evolution from athlete to activist.

This week, we've got annoying holiday movies, chatty White House insiders, and cheese.

After layoffs, it's unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump administration ramps up ICE detention.

The National Center for Civil and Human Rights is expanding at a critical moment in the United States. Unlike the Smithsonian Institution, the center in Atlanta is privately funded and beyond the immediate reach of Trump administration efforts to control what Americans learn about their history. 

The Trump administration is using decades-old laws, meant to prevent discrimination, to threaten school districts and states with cuts to vital federal funding.

The settlement comes after Jewish students and a professor argued their civil rights were violated when pro-Palestinian protesters blocked access to campus buildings during 2024 demonstrations.

Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, both Democrats, got the bill through a Senate committee two years ago with bipartisan support, but it didn’t reach the full Senate for a vote.

Current and former officials say the current effort amounts to the dismantling of the civil rights division and its traditional mission.

Civil rights groups in Atlanta condemned actions taken by President Donald Trump’s during his first 100 days in office during a press conference Wednesday.