by Press | Jun 2, 2021 | Press Releases
(WASHINGTON) – The executive committee of the Washington, D.C.-based Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law announced on Wednesday that it has selected veteran civil rights attorney and policy expert Damon Hewitt as the organization’s next president and...
by Press | Jun 2, 2021 | Press Releases
Transgender students deserve full inclusion in all educational opportunities, including extracurricular activities, and the bigoted, discriminatory policies being pushed by legislators in several states must be rejected, an open letter signed by 60 national civil and...
by Press | May 28, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Decriminalizing marijuana would begin to address the harms caused by America’s War on Drugs and communities, according to legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) and several others Friday. Passage of the Marijuana...
by Press | May 27, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Fifteen national organizations called on President Biden to put an end to the recent U.S. government practice of enshrining Section 230-like protections for big tech platforms into trade agreements in a letter released Thursday. The letter...
by Press | May 27, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) introduced the Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act (AJOPTA) on Thursday, a sweeping and robust online civil rights bill to prevent discrimination...
