The latest work by author and historian Peniel Joseph centers on the events of 1963 but also explores how “part of that era ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will close its civil rights office in June, according to an email sent to staff Monday and viewed by POLITICO. The office closure is part of HHS ...

With immigrant rights, trans justice, reproductive freedom, and more at risk, we’re in courts and communities across the ...

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lashed out as he was repeatedly corrected by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), who accused him of breaking his confirmation hearing ...

DEI means supporting veterans and those with disabilities. It means policies to help parents care for children and help ...

When large bipartisan majorities of Congress enacted and subsequently amended the nation’s major civil rights laws during ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s discussed plan to create a national autism registry has not been a cause for concern for many, and ...

The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964 and the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965, both under the 36 th presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, but Kennedy laid the groundwork. His universal altruism ...

Some have urged us to withdraw our father’s music from the Kennedy Center to protest Trump’s hostile takeover. We asked: What ...

This decision is seemingly based on the grantees’ public statements supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and opposing racism, which HHS claims amount to a “possible violation” of federal ...

Kennedy, his younger brother and former attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Following the Friday release, remembering her father “will be hard in a new ...