Big cuts at Education Department's civil rights office will impact vulnerable students for years
The latest cuts further compound funding and staffing shortages that have plagued the Office of Civil Rights. The effects of ...
Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
The class-action lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of discrimination at school — violating the equal protection clause of the ...
Big cuts at the Education Department’s civil rights office will affect vulnerable students for years to come
The CRDC originated in the late 1960s as required by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The data questionnaire, which poses questions about civil rights concerns, is usually administered to U.S. public ...
Trump, Others Sued Over Education Agency's Civil Rights Shutdown
The Trump Administration’s dismantling of the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights is unconstitutional, according to ...
Changes to Justice Department's Civil Rights Division under Trump
The Justice Department last year reached an agreement with the city of Louisville to reform its police department in the wake ...
Trump's Picks For Solicitor General, Civil Rights Chief Clear Senate Panel
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nominations of D. John Sauer to be U.S. solicitor general, Harmeet ...
Trump must ditch Biden-era memo pushing 'racially discriminatory' discipline, says parents group
The group Parents Defending Education is hoping the Trump Education Department will reverse course on Biden era guidelines ...
Can protesting in the US be ‘illegal’? Trump’s vague warning raises constitutional questions
The ambiguity of the president’s warning could pave the way for lawsuits. It also could be damaging, critics say, if it has ...
Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
WASHINGTON — The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s ...
The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take ...
Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be ...
With environmental justice at risk, will Colorado persist despite budget cuts, Trump’s weakened EPA?
State officials say they’ll fight for environment “with or without the federal government,” but critics are skeptical.