Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, ...
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Education Department lays off 1,300 employees as Trump vows to wind the agency down
At least 50 staffers are impacted in Chicago, including the entire Office of Civil Rights. The layoffs are part of a dramatic ...
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‘Backbone of the American Dream’: How Rosenwald Schools shaped the civil rights movement
Photographer Andrew Feiler documented the last remaining Rosenwald Schools built to educate Black children during segregation ...
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UMass responds to DOE letter over allegations of antisemitism
UMass has three open OCR investigations open, according to a DOE database. One, alleging anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab ...
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University of Michigan must ‘protect Jewish students on campus,’ federal agency warns
The University of Michigan is among the 60 higher education institutions set to receive a letter warning them of potential ...
Oklahoma City sit-in on March 11, 1961, leads to 12 arrests amid Civil Rights Movement
On March 11, 1961, a Civil Rights Movement sit-in was held at the Anna Maude Cafeteria in Oklahoma City.According to the ...
Alabama Democrats fight to keep civil rights landmarks from being sold without congressional approval
Mobile, have introduced legislation prohibiting the sale of federally owned historic properties without congressional approval. Titled the Civil Rights Landmark Act, the bill states that no federal ...
Syria's interim gov't, Kurdish-led forces sign landmark integration agreement
Syria's interim government said it has reached a landmark agreement to integrate Kurdish-led forces into state institutions ...
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Linda Stamato: In the Crosshairs – The Nation’s Civil Service
OPINION While President Trump’s efforts to force out tens of thousands of civilian federal workers and to dismantle entire ...
Company refused to hire women as AL security officers, feds say. ‘Post is MALE ONLY!’
Now, the security company will pay $1.6 million to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit, federal officials said.
How chaos at the Education Department affects Illinois schools
Trump is moving to cut the staff by half and dismantle the department. He’s also going after DEI in higher education and ...
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Syria’s Surge in Violence Does Not Signal a New Civil War—for Now
A spate of attacks involving loyalists of former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to ...