While conservative activists praise these efforts as a return to meritocracy, left-leaning activists believe these actions ...

Fibre-reinforced polymers are widely used — and waste is growing fast. Appropriate recycling technologies should be purposefully selected to reintegrate fibre-reinforced polymer waste into ...

President Trump issued a sweeping executive order revoking decades of diversity and affirmative action practices in federal government. Why it matters: This takes the current pushback on diversity, ...

Legal experts said the president’s executive order would upend precedent and is unlikely to pass constitutional muster.

The state of California and immigrants’ rights advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Asian Law ...

For many people, Donald J. Trump being sworn in as president on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is antithetical to the legacy of ...

Did Florida ever ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the 1972 amendment that declared women equal under the law?

This column was adapted from the forthcoming “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement,” to be released on Jan. 14. As an author and journalist ...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was landmark legislation that addressed the prejudice occurring in society in the U.S. at the time. Through its 11 titles, it banned discrimination and segregation ...

Coretta Scott King, Andrew Young, and other civil rights leader during a visit to Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta in January 1979. (HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) This story ...

That choice helped many voters overlook the moments when Carter's civil rights record could be called into doubt, such as his wavering support for busing to integrate schools. During the ...

The UN human rights chief says it is time Iran "stems this ever-swelling tide of executions". The greenhouse is decorated with all 30 articles of the UN Human Rights Declaration. Israel rejects as ...