Big cuts at Education Department's civil rights office will impact vulnerable students for years
The latest cuts further compound funding and staffing shortages that have plagued the Office of Civil Rights. The effects of ...
Education Department layoffs gut civil rights offices in Chicago, nationwide
At least 50 staffers were fired in Chicago or pushed out, including the entire Office for Civil Rights. The layoffs are part ...
Map Shows Countries on Human Rights Watchlist as US Added
Drawing on data from the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, Newsweek has created this map to show countries on the Human Rights ...
At Selma’s civil rights anniversary, fears rise about the way forward
Worried about the future, marchers crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridge on Sunday in the 60th commemoration of one of the most ...
The Latest: Education Department guts its civil rights office
The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs ...
'Upsetting': Civil servants across the US part of Department of Education's mass layoffs
The Department of Education's mass layoffs on Tuesday affected some 1,315 employees -- including civil servants around the country.
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Persistent sexist laws undermine global progress on women’s rights despite some gains
Form Content In this article for International Women's Day,  Alexis Boddy - JURIST UK correspondent, reports on the Equality ...
Meet Delaware's Most Influential People in Law for 2025
From the state's highest judge to an attorney who seems to like to sue the government, here are your Most Influential figures ...
Peru passes law critics claim will cripple NGOs
Peru's NGOs expressed their anger over a bill that seeks to tighten control over civil society organizations. The groups say ...
How an anti-evolution law a century ago set up an infamous showdown over religion in public schools
Tennessee became the first state in the country a hundred years ago to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms ...
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Iraq: Personal Status Law Amendment Sets Back Women’s Rights
After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq's Personal Status Law that entered into force on February ...
Peru passes law critics claim will hamper the ability of NGOs to defend human rights
Peru’s Congress has approved a controversial reform to the country’s international cooperation law which imposes sweeping restrictions on civil society organizations in a ...