NBC News' Zinhle Essamuah talks to Civil rights attorney Ben Crump about how his life and career fighting injustices inspired ...

The Chicago-based attorney secured a historic $27 million settlement for the family of George Floyd.

To mark Martin Luther King Jr's birthday, "Sunday Morning" talks with some of those who were engaged from the very beginning ...

The focus remains on the early mediation process, which could provide a resolution for the families and the school district ...

"When you begin to politicize the judiciary, you lose the guardrails that the framers of the Constitution put in place in the first instance," Paul Kiesel said.

Lawyers for Civil Rights is leading legal efforts to shield the sanctuary cities of Chelsea and Somerville from executive orders to cut millions of dollars of funding. Mirian Albert, senior attorney ...

By Andrew Goudsward and Mike Spector WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Four senior civil rights lawyers at the U.S. Justice Department resigned in recent days, departures that were prompted in part by a ...

The new head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division is dramatically reshaping the office to propel President Donald Trump’s social agenda, prompting the departure of about half of the ...