Eric Holder talks about the nation's civil rights struggles in a way no previous U.S. attorney general could — by telling his own family story.

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The images are reminiscent of a war zone: Helmeted officers pointing weapons from armored trucks, flash grenades lighting the night sky and tear gas exploding in crowded streets.

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Black U.S. Secret Service agents may pursue claims of racial discrimination in promotions as a group, a federal appeals court said, dismissing a government challenge to giving the complaint class-action status.

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A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that states must allow gay couples to marry, finding the Constitution protects same-sex relationships and putting a remarkable legal winning streak across the country one step closer to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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The Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners and three of its middle managers have reached an out-of-court settlement of claims that they harassed and fired a white buildings supervisor because of his race.

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The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has graded the city of Baltimore with a perfect 100 points on its Municipal Equality Index, the nation’s largest civil rights organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, announced Tuesday.

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Montgomery County has settled a federal lawsuit with a Virginia man who alleged police violated his First Amendment rights by preventing him from preaching on a street corner in Downtown Silver Spring.

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A federal jury acquitted a Maryland correctional officer Friday of violating the civil rights of a state prison inmate who was severely beaten by other officers in 2008.

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Using evidence obtained under the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program violates a terror suspect's constitutional protection against unreasonable search and seizure, the suspect argued Wednesday in a court document filed with help from the American Civil Liberties Union.

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Two state delegates battling for the Democratic nomination for Maryland attorney general will duel in Annapolis next year over how best to deal with revenge porn.

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