In recent months, 70% of the Department of Justice's civil rights arm has been dissolved. Attorneys say the changes leave ...

The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia over the use of ...

The Trump administration is shutting down investigations into the practices of several local departments and whether they ...

The U.S. Justice Department said the investigation into claims of civil rights violations against Mount Vernon Police was ...

Current and former officials say the current effort amounts to the dismantling of the civil rights division and its ...

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is in upheaval amid a mass exodus of attorneys as the Trump administration moves to radically reshape the division, shelving its traditional mission ...

The US Department of Justice announced the establishment of the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative on May 19, 2025, which will “utilize the False ...

The civil rights division used to be the crown jewel of the Justice Department. Now, because of the department’s unbounded ...

On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) launched its Civil Rights Fraud Initiative. This is a coordinated ...

That has prompted a mass exodus of attorneys from the Civil Rights Division, which has been regarded as a crown jewel of the DOJ. NPR justice correspondent Ryan Lucas is here in the studio. Hey, Ryan.