by Stanley Augustin | May 19, 2022 | Press Releases
Advocates aim to secure relief for former Westwood College students Washington, D.C. – A group of student, consumer advocacy, and civil rights organizations today filed a lawsuit against U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and the Department of Education on behalf...
by Stanley Augustin | May 15, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC–On Saturday, a white supremacist committed a senseless act of violence in Buffalo, N.Y., shooting and killing 10 people in what authorities called “racially motivated violent extremism.” The following is a statement from Damon Hewitt, president and...
by Stanley Augustin | Feb 28, 2022 | Press Releases
Bill brings the nation one step closer to adopting the first federal anti-lynching legislation (Washington, DC) – Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act in an overwhelming bipartisan vote (422-3), legislation which would...
by Stanley Augustin | Feb 28, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the U.S. Senate failed to advance the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), a bill that would protect the right to abortion nationally, and block medically unnecessary restrictions and bans on abortion care. WHPA, which passed the U.S....
by Stanley Augustin | Feb 25, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — President Joseph R. Biden announced his first nominee to the Supreme Court on Friday, fulfilling a campaign promise to appoint the first Black woman to the high court. The nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, has served on the U.S. Court of...