civil rights

Facebook critics are banding together to monitor misinformation, hate speech and voter suppression on the social network because, they argue, it has fallen short.

A key ally of Martin Luther King Jr., Vivian was one of the major organizers of the civil rights movement. His work took him across the South, and through it all, the minister preached nonviolence.

The United States Supreme Court ruled Monday that employers may not discriminate against LGBTQ employees because of their sexual orientation.In Florida, a…

Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the director of the nation's top consumer watchdog agency demanding that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau do its job supervising the student loan system.

Bryan Stevenson built a museum and monument in Alabama dedicated to slavery and its legacy. "We need to create institutions in this country that motivate more people to say 'Never again,' " he says.

As a teenager growing up in Alabama, Lewis wrote a letter to Martin Luther King Jr. during a budding civil rights movement. In a letter back, King invited the 18-year-old to join the cause.

Nationally recognized civil rights attorney Ben Crump is demanding answers from law enforcement on behalf of the family of a Broward County teen who…

The Georgia congressman, who spent decades fighting racial discrimination, says he's mounting his biggest battle yet: stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Lewis will stay in office as he undergoes treatment.

Extremism monitors say 2019 was the year the country started taking serious measures to address a growing far-right threat.

A federal judge on Tuesday excoriated lawyers representing Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration, accusing the state of trying to "run out the clock" to...

White House adviser Stephen Miller faces growing calls to resign after leaked emails show he promoted the ideas of white nationalists. Critics say this is how fringe ideas move into the mainstream.

W. George Allen, a hugely influential figure in Broward history and its black community, has died, his family confirmed Thursday. He was 83.In 1962, Allen…