by Ian Weiner | Jun 23, 2021 | Press Releases
(CHICAGO) – To increase access, retention and graduation rates for students of color at flagship universities in the Great Lakes region, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, with support from the Joyce Foundation, has launched the REASON...
by Ian Weiner | Jun 22, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — The U.S. Senate’s Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee met Tuesday to hear testimony from proponents of making Washington, D.C. the nation’s 51st state. The following is a statement from Damon Hewitt, president...
by Ian Weiner | Jun 21, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – In a decision that defied the facts of that violent day, U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich on Monday dismissed claims against former federal officials, including former Attorney General William Barr, in Black Lives Matter D.C. v....
by Ian Weiner | Jun 16, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — The U.S. Department of Education announced Wednesday that it will extend Title IX protections to transgender students, stating that discrimination against gay and transgender students is prohibited under the law. A year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court...
by Ian Weiner | Jun 15, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – President Joe Biden announced the nomination of Myrna Pérez to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which hears cases from New York, Connecticut, and Vermont on Tuesday. Pérez is the director of the Voting Rights and...