by Press | Jul 20, 2020 | Press Releases
(Raleigh N.C.) Graham’s city council today repealed an ordinance at the heart of a recent lawsuit filed by civil rights groups, including the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, rendering unnecessary a hearing for a preliminary injunction that also was...
by Press | Jul 18, 2020 | Press Releases
Congressman John Lewis accepts the 2017 Robert F. Kennedy Justice Prize. (Washington, DC) – The nation awakes to the overwhelmingly sad news that Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, a champion for democracy and civil rights, has passed. The following is a statement...
by Press | Jul 16, 2020 | Press Releases
(PITTSBURGH) – The Trump administration and the Republican party are attempting to limit Pennsylvanians’ constitutionally protected right to vote by preventing the use of ballot drop-off locations a filing showed today in the U.S. District Court for Western District...
by Press | Jul 16, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The U.S. Supreme Court voted not to weigh in on whether Florida’s citizens must pay court fees before regaining their right to vote today. The court chose not to overturn a lower court’s decision to keep hundreds of thousands from joining the...
by Press | Jul 10, 2020 | Press Releases
Platform’s Algorithms Unlawfully Classify Users on the Basis of Their Race, Gender and Age, Discriminating in the Provision of Financial Services Ads (San Francisco, Calif.) – Facebook engages in unlawful online segregation and redlining, an...