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Social Security Administration closing civil rights office and placing employees on leave

The Social Security Administration announced on Monday that it will be closing the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity and placing all of the office’s employees on administrative leave. In a press release,

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Social Security Administration closes Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity office | CW39 Houston

The Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity's function is to promote equity and justice for people with disabilities. For more than 50 years, it has worked to achieve this goal. Yesterday, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that it is closing the office to ensure compliance with existing laws.

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Social Security Administration shutters multiple offices after anti-DOGE head quits

The Social Security Administration closed two offices this week after the former acting head of the agency resisted the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) attempt to probe SSA’s books. The closure of SSA’s Office of Transformation and the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity comes as DOGE staffers are now embedded within the agency,

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“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump

Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, ...

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Trump Shakeup Stops Most Work at Education Department’s Civil Rights Office

President Donald Trump is downsizing a federal office that he's also using to carry out his policy agenda for schools.

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Kids' disability rights cases stalled as Trump began to overhaul Education Department

As President Donald Trump reshaped the Education Department, parents say investigations and mediations into kids’ disability ...

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Education Department “Lifting the Pause” on Some Civil Rights Probes, but Not for Race or Gender Cases

A memo to the department’s Office for Civil Rights reveals that the agency will allow “only disability-based discrimination” ...

Trump cuts only school civil rights investigator based in Alabama, leaving families in limbo

A federal investigator who examines civil rights complaints against Alabama schools is the latest target of Trump ...

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Education Dept. Lifts Pause on Some Civil Rights Investigations

After pausing most civil rights investigations, the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is resuming some inquiries, but only those related to disability-based discrimination, according to a ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Prince William schools failed to address racially hostile environment at Brentsville District High School, federal civil rights office finds

Prince William County Public Schools failed to take steps to eliminate a racially hostile environment for Black students at ...

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I Was the Department of Education’s Only Civil Rights Monitor in Alabama—Until DOGE Happened

Can you pitch in a few bucks to help fund Mother Jones' investigative journalism? We're a nonprofit (so it's tax-deductible), ...

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Ringing the alarm for civil rights data in schools

Discover why the Civil Rights Data Collection matters and how we can fight for its preservation. Dive into the impact of educational disparities and advocacy efforts.

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Civil rights group files complaint against University of San Diego for alleged race discrimination

The Equal Protection Project has filed a complaint accusing the University of San Diego of discriminating on the basis of ...

Maine schools under ‘directed investigation’ by feds over transgender athletes' rights

A Maine high school is under "directed investigation" after President Donald Trump clashed at a meeting with Maine's governor ...

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