civil rights

Second year student Guy Christensen and the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio sued Ohio State last year, alleging the university violated his 1st and 14th amendment rights.

A fired immigration judge says she was dismissed from her job because of her gender, her status as a dual citizen of Lebanon and the fact that she once ran for municipal office in Ohio as a Democrat.

A former Franklin County Sheriff's Office jail deputy pleaded guilty on Friday in U.S. District Court to depriving an inmate of his civil rights in a 2022 assault.

A group of Hillsboro mothers and their children marched for two years to desegregate their community’s schools.

Celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day took place around the Columbus area today. Speakers celebrated King's legacy, his impact and his local ties to the civil rights movement that he helped lead.

Seventy years ago, on the morning of July 5, 1954, Lincoln Elementary School went up in flames.

Three Jewish defense organizations filed a formal complaint against Ohio State University alleging OSU has fostered “a hostile antisemitic environment."

The Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association claims that Ryan Speakman was fired without just cause.

Dwayne Ratleff grew up Black during the turbulent Civil Rights era while trying to discover his gender identity and survive an abusive stepfather.

The U.S. Civil Rights Trail spans more than 100 locations across 15 states and chronicles the history of the Black struggle for civil rights. We explore a new traveler’s guide that traces the steps of civil rights pioneers with lessons that resonate today.