The senator spoke at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate last night about what Martin Luther King, Jr. called "the inseparable twin of racial injustice" -- economic injustice.

The civil rights leader helped pass the Voting Rights Act and fought for voting rights over five decades.

We've reached a point in history where we have the need, opportunity and energy to create an economy that works for our families — now we need to act!

Many women, especially women of color, have done great things to change our nation for the better in spite of incredible obstacles imposed on them.

Viola Liuzzo was the only white woman killed in the US civil rights movement. Behind her death, the KKK and a shadowy FBI informant.

Despite some improvements, the right to vote is under the most sustained attack since the passage of the VRA.

The Nation's Ari Berman writes that racism, segregation and inequality persist in this civil-rights battleground.

Today's capital punishment and racial injustice are 'direct descendants of lynching.'

Some protests are ignored and forgotten while others dominate the news cycle for weeks, becoming touchstones in political life.

Activists are transforming outrage into community organizing projects, voter registration drives and mass protest campaigns.