U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced on Monday that the Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department.
Julian Bond has been called a hero due to his untiring fight for civil rights throughout his life.
New details have emerged in the case of Zachary Hammond, an unarmed white teenager killed by the police after he was shot in the back.
The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the death of Freddie Gray as the Baltimore Police Department released the names of the officers who arrested him.
The civil rights activist and icon Al Sharpton has begun a hunger strike in an effort to get the Republican controlled Congress to confirm Loretta Lynch for the position of Attorney General.
Civil liberties advocates around the country celebrated after New Mexico passed a law that banned the police from taking the property of people who have not been convicted of any crime, a practice known as civil asset forfeiture.
A deaf man spent six weeks in jail because the police would not provide him with a translator to explain his situation.
Department of Justice Reports from almost all over the US expose most police departments in the US to be just like the Ferguson forces---discriminating against minorities and violating the civil rights of citizens.
The Department of Justice has said that it will not pursue charges pertaining to civil rights violations against Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, MO police officer who killed Michael Brown, sparking protests nationwide.
Thousands gathered in Washington D.C. to participate in a protest called #Justice4All.
After a grieving community erupted in flames and broken glass over the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by the local police department, the governor of Missouri has requested the assistance of the Justice Department.
The Intercept has obtained the handbook that was created by the United States government as a guide for how and when to put someone on a terrorist watch list.
Government prosecutor's routinely read the emails that prisoners send to their lawyers, violating attorney-client confidentiality and possibly the Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination.
The Newark Police Department has been told it must come under the supervision of an independent monitor after a three-year investigation into the department's practices found a wide range of constitutional abuses.
