Civil rights-era policies to remedy racism resulted in White people being 'very badly treated,' Trump alleged in a recent ...

The law "draws no distinctions between majority-group plaintiffs and minority-group plaintiffs," said Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who wrote the opinion. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) The ...

President Trump’s comments were a blunt distillation of his administration’s racial politics, which rest on the belief that ...

A recent executive order by President Donald Trump has sparked much debate on the role of anti-discrimination laws, the treatment of protected classes and the need for meritocracy. The order ...

Hiring or promotion practices that “prioritizes candidates from underrepresented groups” for admission, hiring, promotion, bypassing qualified candidates who do not belong to those groups. Creating a ...

Federal housing officials sent a memo informing state agencies that investigations into housing complaints related to sexual ...

In the ongoing public discussion about the implications of President Trump’s Executive Order 14173 a new “open letter” was issued this week from ten former OFCCP officials. The former officials offer ...

The federal agency tasked with protecting workers’ civil rights is classifying all new gender identity-related discrimination cases as its lowest priority, essentially putting them on indefinite hold, ...

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On April 23, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order (“EO”) entitled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” which aims to “eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all ...

A guide to help Marylanders protect their civil rights and understand state law was released amid shifting federal policies, according to Attorney General Anthony Brown. The 37-page book, called "Know ...