Civil Rights & Social Justice
Under the new law, Illinois law enforcement agencies must review and share an officer’s full job history, including any misconduct, when they apply for a new role.
After sunset, Black people had to be out of these hostile sundown towns. It was a matter of life and death in some instances.
The 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act demands a sustained commitment to building and sustaining Black political power beyond the ballot box.
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act, the future its authors dreamed seems further away than ever. But we must keep pushing forward.
The Supreme Court has called citizenship a fundamental right. Chief Justice Earl Warren in 1958 described it as the “right to have rights.”
Xavier Davis is suing Jefferson Lines after a white bus driver made Black men sit in the back of the bus headed to Minnesota.
Spanning over two centuries—from the 1800s through the 2000s—the EJI’s "A History of Racial Injustice" calendar is a tool designed to shed light on critical but often overlooked moments in American history.
Sonya Messing was a mother and a loving person who has left behind a hole in the hearts of family, friends, and the people in her community.
Why Is The Lead Pipe Replacement In Flint Still Unfinished Nearly 11 Years After Water Crisis Began?
About a decade after Flint’s water crisis caused national outrage, the replacement of lead water pipes still isn’t finished.
Adriana Smith was dead. But Georgia turned her into an incubator. They ignored her wishes, overrode her dignity, and delivered a child into a system that has never valued Black life.
This year’s Juneteenth is more than a celebration—it’s a call to come together in joy, unity, and purposeful action like never before.
America has made significant progress since the era of segregation, but the Trump administration may be putting that progress at risk.
