Assata Shakur has passed away in Cuba at the age of 78.

A biography of Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah casts the post-WWII era as a Black liberation epic rather than a psychodrama between Moscow and Washington.

Donald Trump is steadily rolling back people’s rights.

The Trump administration is eroding enforcement of the landmark civil rights law, claiming it’s DEI nonsense.

Donald Trump’s administration is now accusing the university of violating civil rights law.

The conservative majority paved the way for Republican-led states to defund the health care provider. But Clarence Thomas hinted at harsher civil rights disruptions to come.

The Department of Justice just gutted an office that helps protect the right to vote.

The Department of Homeland Security has closed a key office, as Donald Trump faces growing backlash over his deportations.

How Dylan has mirrored the death of American optimism

Representative Don Bacon is worried about Trump’s position on Russia.

The protesters of the civil rights movement didn’t just show up. They planned for every eventuality. It’s a lesson that’s starkly relevant today.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s family has responded to Donald Trump after he moved to declassify government files on the civil rights leader’s assassination.

The answer is simple: policies that reflect homespun values and stick up for people getting the short end of the stick.

Carlton Reeves did not pull any punches in criticizing qualified immunity—and demanding that the justices finally do something about it.

A new history argues that illiberalism is not a backlash but a central feature from the founding to today.

The Florida governor loves bragging about his “war on woke”—without admitting the true price tag.

A judicial doctrine that has denied justice to an untold number of plaintiffs may be founded on a centuries-old scrivener’s error.

An interview with Jesse Jackson about the 2024 race, his own legacy, and how he’s not actually retiring.

It’s a reminder that conservatives’ respect for the judiciary only extends as far as the courts let them entrench their own power.

A new history cuts against stereotypes, to show a region constantly changing—and whose future is up for grabs.