by Press | Feb 22, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a leading national civil rights organization, announced today that Joseph K. West has been named the new board co-chair of the national Lawyers’ Committee Board of Directors. Mr. West joins...
by Press | Feb 22, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The Maryland secretary of Public Safety and Corrections and the Chesapeake Detention Facility’s (CDF) warden have failed to properly prepare for and respond to an avoidable...
by Press | Feb 17, 2021 | Press Releases
(Raleigh, N.C.) – North Carolina’s failure to engage in rulemaking to protect workers from COVID-19 or to investigate COVID complaints violates the state’s obligations to operate at least as effectively as the...
by Press | Feb 12, 2021 | Blog, Press Releases
Voters in Gwinnett County, Georgia who speak Spanish as their first language, are receiving key election materials in English even though these citizens have a right to receive voting materials in Spanish because the county is covered by Section 203 of the Voting...
by Press | Feb 12, 2021 | Press Releases
The Facebook Oversight Board must ensure that President Trump’s removal from Facebook is permanent, or risk his further incitement of violence, promotion of racism, and threat to democracy, comments submitted to the board by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights...
