Published • loading... • Updated
Florida State University Hit with Federal Civil Rights Investigation over Race, Sex-Based Scholarship Programs
Human Rights Watch said four agencies lost staff, closed complaints, and dropped cases as enforcement weakened for Black, Latino and transgender people.
- On Thursday, Human Rights Watch released a 112-page report documenting how the Trump administration has systematically weakened federal civil rights enforcement across four key agencies over 18 months.
- Following executive orders, the administration slashed federal workforces and directed agencies to eliminate disparate impact analysis—the framework challenging discriminatory policies by their effects rather than intent.
- In 2025, Education Department's Office for Civil Rights resolved just 1% of 11,985 pending cases, a 78% drop from the prior year, with zero resolution agreements for sexual or racial harassment.
- Separately, the Education Department opened a formal investigation into Florida State University over 32 scholarships the Equal Protection Project alleges discriminate based on race or sex following a July 2025 complaint.
- Trey Walk, a Human Rights Watch researcher, warned that private groups cannot fully replace federal enforcement, urging Congress to act now and repair the system before more people lose legal remedies.
Insights by Ground AI
16 Articles
16 Articles
Human Rights WatchReposted by 
louisvillenews.net
louisvillenews.netUS: Federal Agencies Abandon Civil Rights Duties
Click to expand Image Demonstrators hold signs in support of voting rights outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on October 15, 2025. © 2025 Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – The Trump administration has gutted federal civil rights enforcement in the United States, leaving the people the laws were built to protect without adequate remedies, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 112-page report, …
·New York, United States
Read Full ArticleCoverage Details
Total News Sources16
Leaning Left4Leaning Right1Center10Last UpdatedBias Distribution66% Center
Bias Distribution
- 66% of the sources are Center
66% Center
L 27%
C 66%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
