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28 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 3, 2026.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Evans was pushed out after pursuing a constitutional-rights case against ICE officer Christian Castro. Castro was instead charged this week with making false statements.
A 39-page Office of Legal Counsel memo concludes the ADA imposes no 'integration mandate.' On July 20 the department formally withdrew reliance on its own Olmstead guidance.
Under the change, which took effect immediately without public comment, school policies that disproportionately harm one racial group will no longer count as discriminatory unless the harm was intentional.
Faculty and students are pressing Yale's leadership not to cut a deal with the Trump administration, which found the medical school admitted Black and Hispanic applicants with lower qualifications.
The EEOC has stopped pursuing 'disparate impact' cases and now wants to scrap a decades-old data collection and a 1979 rule, part of a sweeping realignment of federal anti-discrimination enforcement under President Trump.
The veteran community activist believed self-reliance, rather than government programs, was the key to fighting racism and poverty.
Eighteen members of Congress, faith leaders and union organizers walked the Edmund Pettus Bridge in one of the South's largest voting-rights mobilizations in years, responding to the Supreme Court's April ruling that gutted protections for Black-majority districts.
Four major Latino civil rights and political organizations are launching a coordinated voter registration and mobilization campaign to counter rising voting restrictions and Republican gains among Hispanic communities.
A majority of justices sided with Alabama in a decision that could accelerate efforts to implement congressional maps reducing minority representation.
Education Department's civil rights arm says admitting 'biological males' to women's college may violate anti-discrimination laws.
The Court's decision raises the bar for proving voting discrimination, with dissenting justices calling the new standard "well-nigh impossible" to meet.
Field staff report pressure to bring politically charged cases even with little evidence, raising concerns about agency independence.
The civil rights organization, known for tracking hate groups, faces federal scrutiny amid Republican allegations of unfairly targeting conservative organizations.
Civil rights leader reflects on performances of 10 Democrats who spoke at his convention and explains why two did not attend.
The unprecedented move voids agreements that required five school districts and one college to protect transgender students under Title IX.
Education Department takes unprecedented step to terminate federal agreements stemming from civil rights investigations into schools.
Court pauses collection efforts across 17 states as administration seeks compliance data following Supreme Court affirmative action ruling.
Legal coalition claims Homeland Security adopted unconstitutional policy allowing agents to enter homes without judicial warrants.
New research shows potential constitutional change would primarily affect babies born to Asian parents, raising questions about discriminatory impact.
Federal court ruling allows government to collect names and phone numbers of Jewish students as part of antisemitism investigation, raising privacy concerns.
Federal lawsuit challenges state's refusal to follow presidential directive on transgender participation in girls' sports programs.
Over 3,200 marches took place Saturday in what organizers call potentially the largest non-violent day of action in American history, with Bruce Springsteen performing in St. Paul and 70+ arrested in Los Angeles.
In Zorn v. Linton, the majority ruled that an officer who arrested a nonviolent protester was shielded from liability because the specific circumstances weren't 'clearly established' as unconstitutional by prior case law.
The executive order extends the administration's anti-DEI campaign into the private sector, threatening contractors with debarment and False Claims Act liability for non-compliance.
Federal court dismisses charges following request from Trump administration, which described the prosecution as 'weaponized federal overreach' by the previous Biden administration.
Demonstrators plan to march in cities nationwide on March 28, challenging the Iran war, executive overreach, and the rising cost of living in one of the largest planned protests of 2026.
Justice Department demands admissions data from Stanford, Ohio State and UC San Diego, expanding higher education civil rights pressure campaign.
New federal investigations examine whether Harvard complied with the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling and adequately responded to documented Jewish student harassment.