Attorney Ben Crump said his clients’ constitutional rights were violated and characterized his treatment as `deliberate indifference.’

Data obtained by The New York Times shows that the Education Department resolved 30 percent fewer discrimination complaints in 2025 compared with the previous year.

A veteran civil rights activist warned Thursday that the Southern Poverty Law Center’s indictment for its alleged informant scheme that secretly bankrolled leaders and members of hate groups is merely “the tip of the iceberg.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said rescinding these RIFs and hiring more attorneys is necessary to address a backlog of civil rights complaints.

McClellan, the director of the Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic, was nominated for The Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia’s 2026 Presidential Award of Courage.

On Thursday in Los Angeles, prominent civil rights and labor leaders called for a stronger coalition between Black and Latino communities under the Trump administration.

The Department of Justice on Tuesday charged the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that has for decades investigated and exposed hate groups, […]