People march in Des Moines at the Capital City Pride parade June 8, just three weeks before gender identity is removed from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. As Pride Month celebrations and protests come to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Apr 10, 2025, 12:05pm EDT Martin Luther King waves to ...

Martin Luther King Jr's legacy in the Civil Rights space is an ever-present inspiration to all oppressed and marginalized people. MLK played a massively pivotal role in inspiring the Black community, ...

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Bans on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, closures of federal civil rights offices, stopping the collection of data about diversity and discrimination - civil rights lawyers and scholars ...

More than 2,500 people filled the Iowa Capitol Thursday as chanting filled the hallways from Iowans opposing a bill removing gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. House lawmakers heard ...

Several years ago, the author Christopher Caldwell changed the conversation with his book The Age of Entitlement. The book argued that the civil-rights regime established in the 1960s marked a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation’s oldest civil rights organizations on Thursday declared a “state of emergency” for antidiscrimination policies, personal freedoms and Black economic advancement in ...

Administration officials pick and choose which civil rights protections they want to enforce, and for whom. By Erica L. Green Erica L. Green covers the White House and reported from Washington. In his ...

Far-right extremists have a plan to dismantle many civil rights protections that have advanced equality in America over the past 60 years. Project 2025: Exposing the Far-Right Assault on America ...

Civil rights leaders and elected officials are seething after President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders to eliminate DEI federal programs and decades-old enforcement of the Civil ...