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, ...
Mel Gibson Controversy Highlights a Bigger Scandal: Many Americans Lose Their Gun Rights for No Good Reason
Millions of people are barred from owning firearms even though they have no history of violence, and they have essentially no ...
‘Students will suffer harm’: Education Department’s civil rights office gutted by layoffs, closures
The Education Department’s civil rights office has been among the hardest hit by layoffs, with the Trump administration ...
Effort to deport Columbia student rests solely on Rubio decision
Government document that details the civil charges against Mahmoud Khalil does not include written evidence from immigration ...
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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 ...
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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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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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 ...
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Mass layoffs at the Department of Education weaken its civil rights mission
The U.S. Department of Education has weakened one of its core duties, abolishing more than half of the offices that investigate civil rights issues raised by students and families, ProPublica reported ...
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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 ...
Education Department to cut roughly half its staff
Around 3,000 people work in the department's Washington headquarters, and about 1,000 are in 10 regional offices across the ...
How chaos at the Education Department impacts 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 funding for research.