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As Trump dismantles the Education Department, families with civil rights complaints fear justice isn’t coming
There were 600 open investigations in New England when Trump took office, roughly half of which are in Massachusetts.
Education Department’s Civil Rights Office Cuts Remain For Now
The US Department of Education can maintain actions it took that limited the capacity of its Office for Civil Rights to ...
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Tennessee university hit with civil rights complaint over 17 race-based scholarships
Journalism scholarship only open to African Americans; history scholarship gives preference to ‘minority’ students.
Exclusive: DHS civil rights office opened investigation into Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest days before office was dissolved
The Department of Homeland Security’s oversight arm opened an investigation into the controversial arrest of Palestinian ...
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Launch of the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative
Shortly after taking office, President Trump signed the executive order titled, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based ...
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Attorney General Kwame Raoul Leads Coalition to Challenge Closure of DHS Civil Rights Offices in Federal Court
AG Kwame Raoul leads 20 attorneys general in urging a court to stop the shutdown of three DHS civil rights offices.
Trump appointee grilled in court about shuttering Homeland Security offices tasked with civil rights oversight
A federal judge said that she had concerns about being “hoodwinked” by plans put forward in her courtroom Monday by a Trump ...