Department of Justice

Reforms tackling the skyrocketing numbers of heroin and opiate-related overdoses are slowly coming; in the meantime, many, including Truthout Reporter Mike Ludwig, are sharing skills to keep their friends …

A new definition of terrorism - one that better addresses the crimes of these times - is required.

In a stunning vote, a group of US Senate Democrats has broken ranks to join Republicans in rejecting President Obama's pick to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, …

Thereu2019s something profoundly despicable about a Justice Department that would brazenly violate the First and Fourth Amendments while spying on journalists.

North Carolina moves the first of many voter restriction laws made possible by SCOTUS' dismantling of the Voting Rights Act.

Civil rights groups are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to file civil rights charges against George Zimmerman.

Attorney General Eric Holder, under pressure since the NSA scandal was revealed, has release legislation that would make it more difficult to track journalists' phone and email records.

Directors Beth and George Gage record DeChristopher's journey from an act of civil disobedience to incarceration.

What can local and federal governments do to resolve the foreclosure crisis for real?

Hundreds of foreclosed homeowners and housing rights activists rallied outside the Justice Department on Monday, May 20, to demand that Attorney General Eric Holder prosecute the Wall Street bankers …