Civil Rights

A Washington, D.C., jury appears deadlocked in the cases of three people facing felony charges for destruction of property during protests on President Donald Trump's inauguration day.

• By Kate Wheeling

In his new book Don Mitchell, an emeritus professor of geography at Syracuse University, uses a unique lens to chronicle New York City through the centuries: its protests.

• By Mimi Kirk

On Thursday, chastened prosecutors dropped felony charges that seven anti-Trump protesters were facing for their involvement in the #DisruptJ20 march on Inauguration Day 2017.

• By Jack Denton

The winner has vowed to discontinue a program that allows local sheriffs' offices to function as satellite immigration detention centers.

• By Ashley Hackett

Betsy Devos is leading a movement to roll back the initiatives used by the Obama administration to reduce racial discrimination in school punishments.

• By Annie Waldman

On racial segregation in American schools, using the example of St. Louis, Missouri, and its Normandy district.

• By Nikole Hannah-Jones

Meet the good white mothers, PTA members, and newspaper columnists who were also committed white supremacists.

• By Rebecca Stoner

On the historic role of policing in reinforcing racial inequality and how it has led to black Americans' fear of police.

• By Nikole Hannah-Jones

The historian debunks myths around civil rights history and makes the case for why a more honest history is key to moving forward.

• By Brandon Tensley

In its case against inauguration protesters, the government is aligning itself with far-right propagandists and fringe vigilantes.

• By Elizabeth King

Pacific Standard recommends Marshall, a new movie about a pivotal character in the civil rights movement.

• By Kristina Kutateli

A new report outlines how municipal court fines disproportionately target low-income communities.

• By Brentin Mock

How one high school—mine—explains why we keep making the same mistakes in our education policy.

• By Michael Hobbes

After 50 years of a mononymous life, the eldest son of civil rights legend Dick Gregory is ready to make a change.

• By Molly McCluskey

More than 30 "disappointed and alarmed" senators penned a letter chastising civil rights enforcement at the Department of Education.

• By Annie Waldman

The commission plans to review budgets, staffing, management practices, and recent resolution efforts at civil rights offices.

• By Elena Gooray

While Indonesia has historically prided itself as a stronghold of moderation, recent events shine a light on just how tenuous this self-perception is.

• By Cornelius Hanung

Previously unannounced directives will limit the Department of Justice's use of a storied civil rights enforcement tool, and loosen the Department of Education's requirements on investigations.

• By Jessica Huseman & Annie Waldman

How a Trump Supreme Court will erode LGBT rights.

• By Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza

The new attorney general will have a tremendous amount of power in judging how civil rights laws are interpreted and enforced—a fact that could wipe out the progress made under the Obama administration.

• By Jared Keller

How the reclusive writer shaped a generation.

• By Allison Shapiro

The exclusion and denial of trans lives gets imagined as something we've moved on from, while the everyday struggles that face trans people remain ignored.

• By Melissa Gira Grant

Racism doesn’t need to be open or overt to be, well, racist.

• By Brandon Tensley

The Wire creator and former Baltimore Sun reporter talks about a historic public housing fight, race, and what makes white people go “batshit, batshit crazy.”

• By Marcelo Rochabrun