Civil rights

US Education Department removes rules against discrimination, civil rights groups condemned move

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in April 2025 opposing disparate impact regulations and asked federal agencies to not enforce them.

US President Donald Trump gestures as he disembarks the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One, while he arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, US, July 17, 2026.
Mohammad Reza Morad Bahrouzi was beaten in an Israeli prison over alleged communication with oppostiion groups or groups affiliated with Israel.

Iranian political prisoner accused of conspiring with Israel brutally beaten in prison

 United States Capitol Police lines up along the perimeter while LGBTQ activists and supporters hold a rally on the steps of the Supreme Court as it hears major LGBT rights case on whether federal employment law that outlaws discrimination on the basis of sex covers sexual orientation and gender ide

SCOTUS upholds state bans on transgender sports participation, paving way for further restrictions

Bezalel Smotrich

The Association for Civil Rights petitions against the tax benefits law for settlements


The time has come for a civil revolution - opinion

The thin coating of hi-tech can no longer hide the decay that has taken place in the public and political systems, and the economic prosperity is an optical error.

 Dr. Esther Luzzato

Utah marriage ruling isn't civil marriage in Israel, but it's progress - opinion

Civil marriage in Israel is still far off, but for now, the Utah marriage ruling gives couples who need civil marriage somewhere to turn to.

 FINANCE MINISTER Avigdor Liberman, as an opposition MK in 2020, conducts a civil marriage ceremony outside the Knesset.

Josh Mandel gives bizarre answer about in Israel in debate with black candidate

It's not clear what slavery, Ethiopian immigration, or the alliance between US Jews and Blacks in the civil rights era had to do with the Iranian threat.

 Ohio Republican U S Sen. candidate Josh Mandel speaks to supporters during his election night rally in Columbus, Ohio, November 6, 2012

Ahmaud Arbery's killers convicted on all federal hate-crimes charges

All three men were found guilty of violating Arbery's civil rights by attacking him because of his race.

 A woman holds a sign outside the Glynn County Courthouse after the jury reached a guilty verdict in the trial of William "Roddie" Bryan, Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael, charged with the February 2020 death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick, Georgia, US, November 24, 2021

'Most arrested rabbi' who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. dies at 92

Civil rights activist and Freedom Rider rabbi Israel “Sy” Dresner died Thursday at age 92.

 Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy meets with civil rights leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C., June 22, 1963

Zionists helped defeat segregation in Baltimore - opinion

This story began in the autumn of 1946, when the Zionist activists known as the Bergson Group sponsored a Broadway play called 'A Flag is Born.'

Child survivors of the Holocaust ride aboard the S.S. Ben Hecht.

Prominent Bay Area Muslim leader warns about ‘polite Zionists,’ drawing rebukes from Jewish groups

A Muslim civil rights attorney implored pro-Palestinian conference-goers in Chicago to vigorously oppose 'polite Zionists,' including the ADL, Jewish Federations, Hillel and 'Zionist Synagogues.'

Zahra Billoo, Executive Director, Council on American Islamic Relations (San Francisco) addresses the audience during a panel discussion titled 'Dismantling All Forms Of Oppression' during the three-day Women's Convention at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., October 28, 2017

Malcolm X's daughter found dead in Brooklyn apartment

The 56-year-old Malikah Shabazz was one of the six daughters of the famed minister and Black empowerment activist.

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X wait for a press conference to begin in an unknown location, March 26, 1964

Malcolm X's convicted killers to be exonerated - Manhattan DA

He was shot dead at New York City's Audubon Ballroom while preparing to deliver a speech. Three members of the Nation of Islam were convicted in the shooting.

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X wait for a press conference to begin in an unknown location, March 26, 1964

Will Israel take next steps in advancing civil marriage? - opinion

Parties, like Yesh Atid, Yisrael Beytenu, Labor and Meretz have repeatedly declared their support for the introduction of civil marriage in Israel. The moment of truth is now.

 YISRAEL BEYTENU chairman Avigdor Liberman presides over a civil marriage outside the Knesset, last year.