The Root spoke with Bakari Sellers, attorney and son of civil rights legend Dr. Cleveland Sellers, about the impact of ...
Rustin and Randolph worked again in 1948 on a successful campaign to end segregation in the U.S. military under President Harry Truman. A pacifist, Rustin protested World War II by resisting the draft ...
Trump on Tuesday rolled back the 60-year-old Equal Employment Opportunity executive order. Here's what that means for businesses and workers.
The House of Representatives minority leader vowed that Democrats would take on the attacks on DEI "head-on" along with civil ...
An NYU administrator sent a letter to the head of the New York Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday, challenging the ...
Rossein said some people might have confused Johnson’s 1965 order with the 1964 Civil Rights Act he signed into law that went into effect July 5, 1965. That law created the Equal Employment ...
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 includes a provision banning employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. It also established the Equal Employment Opportunity ...
It’s OK for cops to murder innocent people, for husbands to abuse their wives, and for everyone to target trans people.
On the first day of his presidency, January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued two executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and ...
President Trump revoked a 1965 rule that prohibited federal contractors from discriminating against employees.