Presidents have invoked this throughout history -- but normally not against the wishes of local leaders except to enforce ...

Trump’s Justice Department is hastily establishing a reputation as the most segregation-friendly White House in recent memory, as it rolls back long-standing desegregation rules and guidelines. The ...

In 1892, a mixed-race shoemaker from New Orleans named Homer Plessy was arrested for riding in a "Whites-only" railcar. Four years later in Plessy v. Ferguson, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld his arrest ...

The Trump administration is no longer requiring an explicit prohibition of segregated facilities in new government contracts. The Feb. 15 memo from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) was ...

CONYERS, Ga. — A Conyers mother is calling for accountability after she said her two children discovered signs reading “Whites Only” and “Coloreds Only” posted inside Honey Creek Elementary School.

America’s democracy is under threat. President Trump smashes alliances, upends norms and tramples the Constitution. So it’s normal to ask: What can one citizen do to help put America on a healthier ...

A New Jersey school segregation lawsuit with implications for how children are assigned to public schools is now going before an appeals court, a move that could avoid a lengthy trial. It's a big step ...

LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - British anti-Muslim activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who counts U.S. billionaire Elon Musk among his supporters, was on Friday refused permission to bring a legal challenge ...