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A lawyer who represented SpaceX looks to downsize federal contracting watchdog

10:35am March 27, 2025

The appointment of Catherine Eschbach could raise conflict-of-interest concerns. She will also lead the downsizing of an agency that holds contractors accountable to federal civil rights laws.

With Trump's crackdown on DEI, some women fear a path to good-paying jobs will close

5:00am March 20, 2025

Some fear a setback for women and people of color after President Trump revoked a 1965 executive order that required federal contractors to identify and address barriers to employment.

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Fired by Trump, EEOC official fears what the anti-discrimination agency will become

5:00am February 09, 2025

Jocelyn Samuels was Trump's pick in 2020 to fill a Democratic seat on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She was fired in January, accused of embracing "radical" ideology.

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Meet the religious leaders shaping the next generation of social justice activism

8:00am November 03, 2024

The Yale Center for Public Theology and Public Policy is raising up the next generation of Christian leaders focused on social justice. It's led by Rev. William Barber, after retirement from his longtime congregation.

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Lufthansa agrees to a record $4 million fine for its treatment of Jewish passengers

2:21pm October 15, 2024

The German airline barred 128 Jewish passengers from their May 2022 connecting flight based on the alleged misconduct of a few. The U.S. government considers that discrimination; Lufthansa disagrees.

House Democrats Holds Press Event Honoring Las Vegas Shooting Victims And Call For Increased Gun Safety Legislation

A statue honoring John Lewis will replace a former Confederate monument in Georgia

12:35pm August 18, 2024

The 16-foot-tall sculpture of the civil rights icon will be officially unveiled later this week. It replaces a 30-foot-tall obelisk erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy in 1908.

Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department on Aug. 2, 2022, as Attorney General Merrick Garland looks on.

Politics & Government

As she leaves DOJ, associate AG recalls the cases that will 'stick with me forever'

5:23am January 31, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

Vanita Gupta has been the first woman of color to serve as associate attorney general. It's a job with a huge portfolio that ranges from civil rights to immigration to abortion.

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U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca, center, speaks to reporters after six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi pleaded guilty to federal civil rights offenses in federal court in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023.

National

6 white ex-officers in Mississippi plead guilty to assault on 2 Black men

4:12am August 04, 2023

by The Associated Press

Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department said the Mississippi officers "caused harm to the entire community who feel that they can't trust the police officers who are supposed to serve them."

Aaron Bowman cries during an interview at his attorney's office in Monroe, La., on Aug. 5, 2021, as he discusses his injuries resulting from a Louisiana State trooper pummeling him during a traffic stop in 2019.

National

Jury acquits a white Louisiana trooper caught on camera beating a Black motorist

1:38pm August 03, 2023

by The Associated Press

The federal jury acquitted a state trooper charged with violating the civil rights of Aaron Bowman despite body-camera footage that showed the officer pummeling him 18 times with a flashlight.

Foot soldier Paulette Roby stands in Birmingham's Kelly Ingram Park, one of the sites where students peacefully marched in the Spring of 1963 demanding equal rights.

60 years since 'The Children's Crusade' changed Birmingham and the nation

5:00am June 02, 2023

The Birmingham movement in 1963 was a turning point when children joined the struggle for equal rights. The brutal response from white segregationists galvanized support for the Civil Rights Act.

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