Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

EXPLAINED: Kristen clarke | Rare Historical Photos

Harmeet Dhillon: DoJ lawyer a top contender for Trump’s retribution mission

Pugilistic presence has laid waste to civil rights decision – her take-no-prisoners approach has alarmed legal experts but earned president’s plaudits

The Guardian - US

Trump’s DOJ plans to settle Colony Ridge case without compensating victims

The Biden administration sued a Texas land developer accused of duping tens of thousands of Hispanic residents. Trump’s DOJ is now offering an unprecedented settlement that experts say could target the very people who were harmed by the developer.

The Texas Tribune

The NAACP names ex-DOJ civil rights chief Kristen Clarke as its top lawyer

The NAACP has named Kristen Clarke, a former Biden Justice Department official, as its next general counsel

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The Latest: Reaction is pouring in to the death of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

Reaction is pouring in over the death of the Rev. Jesse L

The Independent UK

Even the DOJ’s expert in police shootings not being allowed to participate in Minneapolis ICE investigation

The Civil Rights Division is typically involved in probing fatal shootings by a law enforcement officer

The Independent UK

DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review

DoJ report acknowledges attack ‘was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence’

The Guardian - US

Fears for civil rights as Trump taps Maga darling for key justice department role

Rights leaders worry that Harmeet Dhillon could harm work into police misconduct, discrimination and hate crimes

The Guardian - US

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Memphis rejects federal calls for police oversight after Tyre Nichols probe

Police practices in the US city came under scrutiny following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in January 2023.

Al Jazeera

Violent, filthy, unsafe: Georgia jail where Trump was booked is condemned in scathing new report

Justice Department says jail officials in Georgia’s most populous county violate the constitutional rights

The Independent UK

MAGA Ally Jim Jordan Gives DOJ Hard Deadline to Hand Over Documents Related to Verifying Ohio Voters

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has been spearheading an effort to remove noncitizens from voter rolls

Latin Times

Justice Department Sues Virginia For Purging Voters Just Before Election

The feds say the state program, coming too close to the election, violates a provision of the National Voting Rights Act

International Business Times

Justice Department opens cold-case investigation into 1921 Tulsa race massacre

Attorney for living survivors of racist massacre says federal report will set the record straight for the ‘largest crime scene in the history of this country’

The Independent UK

Justice Department finds Georgia is 'deliberately indifferent' to unchecked abuses at its prisons

The U.S. Justice Department says Georgia's state prison systems are 'deliberately indifferent' to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse at state lockups

The Independent UK

US justice department announces investigation into Tulsa race massacre

Review of 1921 massacre comes months after Oklahoma supreme court dismissed lawsuit brought by two survivors

The Guardian - US

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Justice Department will launch civil rights review into 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

The U.S. Department of Justice says it plans to launch a review and evaluation of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

The Independent UK

Police in small Mississippi city discriminate against Black residents, Justice Department finds

A Justice Department investigation has found that police in a majority Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against people who criticize them

The Independent UK

Attorneys say other victims could sue a Mississippi sheriff's department over brutality

Attorneys for two Black men who were tortured by Mississippi law enforcement officers say they expect to file more lawsuits on behalf of others who say they were brutalized by officers from the same sheriff’s department

The Independent UK

Justice Department opens civil rights probe into sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men

The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

US Justice Department to investigate violence and sexual abuse at Tennessee's largest prison

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into a privately operated Tennessee prison where officials say violence and sexual abuse have gone unaddressed for years

The Independent UK

Federal investigators find horrific ‘pattern of abuse’ at juvenile detention centers in Texas

Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said the centers violate the US constitution

The Guardian - US

Texas lockups violate minors’ constitutional rights, says US justice department

Department of Justice report found pattern of sexual abuse and mistreatment in the state’s juvenile justice facilities

Latin Times

DOJ finds Phoenix Police discriminated against minorities in historic investigation

The DOJ found, among other things, the Phoenix Police Department violates constitutional rights, particularly those of homeless, Hispanic and Black people

The Independent UK

Phoenix police have pattern of violating civil rights and using excessive force, Justice Dept. says

The U.S. Justice Department says Phoenix police violate people’s rights, discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people when enforcing the law and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force

The Guardian - US

US school district where students held mock slave auction settles with DoJ

Federal investigation found evidence of repeated racist harassment among Hawkins county, Tennessee, students

International Business Times UK

US Tech Firm Pays $7500 Fine After Job Posting Looking For 'Whites Only Within Texas' Goes Viral

US tech firm settles for racist job ad, faces fines and reforms. On the other hand, job seekers face a double whammy: Bias and automation threats.

1 2 3

People

Martin Luther King Jr

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Justice Department

the Department of Labor

74 stories

Fulton County Jail

21 stories

The Phoenix Police Department

the Civil Rights Division

10 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.