by Natasha Mundkur | Aug 10, 2021 | Press Releases
(Raleigh, N.C.) —Superior Court Judge G. Bryan Collins ruled on Monday that the North Carolina Department of Labor (NCDOL) must consider implementing rules that would protect workers from contracting COVID-19. The ruling punctuates a 10-month effort by civil rights...
by Natasha Mundkur | Aug 4, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) —The newly announced federal eviction moratorium—replacing the one that expired on July 3rd—will target protections in communities with elevated rates of coronavirus infections and would include a new freeze in place for up to 60 days. The Centers...
by Natasha Mundkur | Jul 27, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — As the world battles against the highly transmissible delta variant of the COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended Tuesday that vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors in certain circumstances, reversing their...
by Natasha Mundkur | Jul 22, 2021 | Blog
Equitable access to insurance is necessary for all communities to realize the dream of homeownership. Inequality in home ownership is one of the major drivers of the racial wealth gap in the United States; as of 2020, 73.7% of white families own homes, whereas just...
by Natasha Mundkur | Jul 13, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Provisions of the Fair Housing Act which fight our nation’s legacy of government-sponsored residential segregation and discrimination could again be enforced if a proposed federal rule is adopted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development...