by Press | Feb 22, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — Multi-billion-dollar biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific (TFS) has wrongfully profited from cervical cells that were taken from Henrietta Lacks without her knowledge and consent, according to an amicus brief filed Tuesday by the...
by Press | Feb 22, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C). – Earlier Tuesday, a federal jury convicted three white men for committing hate crimes and attempting to kidnap Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020. The three men are already serving life sentences in prison after being convicted of murder after a...
by Press | Feb 22, 2022 | Newsclips
A group of 13 civil rights organizations sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland last week, calling on the Department of Justice to stop using a series of racist, century-old Supreme Court precedents in its court arguments. The letter ― signed by the...
by Press | Feb 22, 2022 | Newsclips
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases, one involving Harvard and the other the University of North Carolina, that could reshape college admissions. Both schools are being accused of race-based discrimination in their admission practices. In the coming year,...
by Press | Feb 18, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – A Minnesota judge sentenced former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter, convicted of two counts of manslaughter in December, to two years in prison Friday, far less than the sentencing range that prosecutors recommended. Potter fatally shot...
