Voter survey shows Ellison leading Perez for DNC chair. But some predict that a consensus candidate could emerge.

Throughout the duration of the hearing, several protesters erupted into fiery condemnation of Sessions and were escorted out by security.

Thursday night, the Democratic National Convention culminated a presidential primary season that saw a self-proclaimed billionaire rise to prominence on the strength of bombastic rhetoric, thinly veiled racially charged comments, and the idea that America is broken and needs to be made “great again.” The same election cycle that produced Donald Trump has also produced Hillary Clinton, who […]

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to return as a partner at the big corporate law firm he exited more than five years…

Loretta Lynch was sworn in Monday morning by Vice President Joe Biden as the 83rd U.S. attorney general during a moving ceremony at the U.S.…

Baltimore, MD–Two weeks after Freddie Gray‘s death at the hands of police officers, friends, relatives, and supporters of the 25-year-old Baltimore man took to the…

When U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. leaves office next week, he leaves behind some big shoes to fill. But if anyone is qualified…

Five months after Loretta Lynch was nominated by President Obama to replace Attorney General Eric Holder, she’s still awaiting confirmation. Now, women civil rights leaders are…

After a public records request from The Washington Post, the city of Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday evening released the actual, unredacted racist emails sent by…

Graeme Phillip Harris, a student at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, has been charged with federal civil rights crimes for engaging in threatening conduct…

The director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has resigned amid a firestorm around a so called “bullet ban,” which Congressional…