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Justice Amy Coney Barrett tells CBS News' Norah O'Donnell the Supreme Court should not "be imposing its own values on the American people." The statement comes as part of her first television interview since joining the high court in 2020, ahead of the release of her new book, "Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution."
Sharia law in Indonesia's Aceh province allows up to 100 public lashes for morality offenses including gay sex and sex between unmarried people.
A federal judge tossed out part of a lawsuit brought by detainees at the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center in the Florida Everglades, handing a partial victory to the Trump administration.
The United States has repatriated an American child from a large camp in northeastern Syria.
The Justice Department is asking a judge to sentence a former police officer convicted of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights to one day in prison, amounting to time served, and three years of supervised release. Taylor was killed during a botched 2020 raid in Louisville, Kentucky. CBS News' Nicole Sganga has the details.
Ben's Chili Bowl, a 67-year-old Washington, D.C., institution, is temporarily closing its doors for renovations. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett spoke with Ben's wife and co-founder, Virginia Ali, about efforts to keep their history intact despite new changes.
NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson calls the Trump administration's moves to cut diversity, equity and inclusion policies "outrageous." Major Garrett speaks with Johnson about that and the cuts to clean energy and environmental justice policies included in President Trump's newly-passed spending law.
The more than 100 national monuments across the country are eligible to buy for the first time in nearly a century. The monuments may be essentially sold for parts. Some honor important moments in American civil rights history.
Reverend David Kennedy has been fighting for civil rights in South Carolina for decades. On this MLK Day, CBSN political contributor and Democratic strategist Antjuan Seawright commemorates his work, inspired by the empathy of the late Dr. King.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s granddaughter Yolanda King shares what issue she hopes to help change. The civil rights leader's daughter Bernice King comments on the need to be a responsible citizen and his son Martin Luther King III says he's inspired by movements like Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and others.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s granddaughter Yolanda King, daughter Bernice King and son Martin Luther King III comment on the civil rights leader’s famous speech on his dream for America. They share what it means to them and how it is still relevant today.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s son Martin Luther King III is asked what he thinks his father would say if he were alive today. King said his father would be “concerned” about the direction some leaders have taken, but added that he believes “we would be on a different trajectory” if his father had not been killed.
Representative Elijah Cummings, Maryland congressman and civil rights champion, died at the age of 68 Thursday due to complications from long-standing health issues. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-South Carolina, spoke to CBS News on Friday about the enduring legacy of his colleague and longtime friend.
Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, joins Margaret Brennan to discuss his new book, "Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing that Changed the Course of Civil Rights."
"Sunday Morning" remembers an actor famed for playing the long-suffering TV husband of Bea Arthur in the '70s sitcom "Maude," and a fiery orator of the House and untiring champion of civil rights. Jane Pauley reports.
When the West Mecklenburg High School class of 1971 gathers for its 20th reunion, will they reminisce about the good old days? Not likely. Twenty years ago, their North Carolina school was forced to integrate and, as Morley Safer reports, the memories of those days are still more bitter than sweet.
It's been five years since the murder of George Floyd sparked a national conversation on race and police reform. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump joins to discuss.
A 79-year-old honored a forgotten tragedy by earning his degree where three students were once killed for demanding justice. Steve Hartman has the story in "On the Road" from Orangeburg, South Carolina.
This weekend marks five years since the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. On May 25, 2020, Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes after arresting him for allegedly using a counterfeit bill at a nearby store. Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.
Multiple times during a recent interview, President Trump answered "I don't know" when asked if he'd abide by the constitutional due process rights granted to citizens and noncitizens alike in the U.S. Jessica Levinson joins to discuss the history of due process.
The Department of Justice's civil rights division under President Trump has made a seismic shift in enforcement of equal protection laws in employment, housing and education, leading to more than 100 lawyers resigning from the unit. Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, joins to discuss.
Clayborn Temple in downtown Memphis, the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final campaign in 1968, caught fire early Monday morning.
We travel to Louisville, Kentucky to see how residents work to bridge the racial divide. And we visit a Connecticut school finding creative ways to bring students back and lower absences. Watch these stories and more on "Eye on America" with host Michelle Miller.
We go inside one New Jersey school that's raising the bar to keep children safe. And a look back on history, we meet with a civil rights activist reflecting on a famous sit-in in Mississippi. Watch these stories and more on "Eye on America" with host Michelle Miller.
Civil rights groups are condemning President Trump for signing a series of executive orders that they say could weaken anti-discrimination laws. Janai Nelson, president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, joins to discuss.
The new records include a birthday letter to Epstein allegedly written by President Trump, which he has denied writing.
A former NIH official says she was removed after clashes over vaccines, accusing RFK Jr. and his deputies of posing "a substantial and specific danger to public health and safety."
The Supreme Court froze a lower court order that prevented immigration authorities from stopping people without reasonable suspicion that they are in the U.S. unlawfully.
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo said his department did not do any data analysis on how a change in vaccine rules could affect outbreaks of diseases like measles, polio or whooping cough.
Americans' confidence in finding a new job fell to the lowest measure on record, a survey from the New York Fed shows.
A retired Auburn University professor was stabbed to death in a public park near the school in Alabama on Saturday, according to police and the university.
Economists expect the Bureau of Labor Statistics to revise its jobs data downward for the year ended in March 2025. Here's why.
Chagas disease is already endemic to 21 countries in the Americas, and growing evidence of the parasite is challenging the non-endemic label in the U.S., the CDC says.
President Donald Trump has amplified his promises to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to Chicago by posting a parody image from "Apocalypse Now" featuring a ball of flames as helicopters zoom over the nation's third-largest city.