by Press | Jan 13, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Indianapolis-based Lumina Foundation awarded a $325,000 grant today to the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. A natural pairing, Lumina Foundation is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to...
by Press | Jan 11, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – To ensure that students who are learning the English language are not forced into schools for the sole purpose of testing their proficiency, and that parents be provided an option in their native language, and to withdraw from testing if...
by Press | Jan 8, 2021 | Press Releases
(WASHINGTON, DC) – After the unprecedent attacks on the Capitol this past Wednesday by a violent pro-Trump mob, Twitter announced today that it has permanently banned President Donald Trump from the social media platform. The following is a statement from David Brody,...
by Press | Jan 8, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — In November, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and partners warned Google of the risk that Parler, an app falsely touting itself as the ‘free-speech’ version of Twitter, posed. Today, in the wake of an attempted coup planned in...
by Press | Jan 7, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Armed insurrectionists attacked and overtook the U.S. Capitol Building to forcibly challenge President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’s Electoral College victory. The violence threatened the lives of the entire U.S....
