Civil Rights

People visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C., for Martin Luther King Day on January 21st, 2019.

Pacific Standard asked civil rights experts to share their picks of the most essential literature on the movement.

The law allows people in local jails to refuse interview requests from ICE, but, in San Diego County, a surprising number of people agreed to an interview.

The ruling is an important step forward for the First Amendment's "right to record," which has become increasingly valuable at a time when images of police brutality often go viral.

Before leaving office, Sessions signed an order to ensure that the Department of Justice disengaged from its role in investigating and reforming police departments that repeatedly violate citizens' civil rights.

New research presents evidence of the long-term impact of direct action.

New research finds high-profile demonstrations can have a major impact on congressional races.

Franklin didn't set out to make a mark on the anti-war movement, but she did so anyway.

In a potentially landmark decision, a circuit court judge ruled that the Fourth Amendment should protect Elena Rodriguez, who was a Mexican national killed on Mexican soil.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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