by Natasha Mundkur | Feb 26, 2021 | Blog, Press Releases
Sarah McSweeney was like any neighbor in Oregon City, Oregon, trying to make it through the pandemic in 2020. She was bright, full of dreams, enjoyed visiting the mall and having her hair done, and loved listening to Kenny Chesney. Mostly, she loved to laugh and make...
by Don Owens | Feb 26, 2021 | Blog
(RICHMOND, Va.) – Dominion Energy (NYSE: D), together with the company’s charitable foundation, will contribute $1 million to the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a national civil rights organization with the mission to secure equal justice for all...
by Ian Weiner | Feb 25, 2021 | Blog, Press Releases
Placing police in schools makes it more likely for students to be suspended, referred to law enforcement, and arrested—and students who are Black, Brown, Indigenous, LGBTQ+ and those with disabilities experience these harms most acutely. Federal funding, which...
by Ian Weiner | Feb 12, 2021 | Blog, Press Releases
Voters in Gwinnett County, Georgia who speak Spanish as their first language, are receiving key election materials in English even though these citizens have a right to receive voting materials in Spanish because the county is covered by Section 203 of the Voting...
by Ian Weiner | Feb 10, 2021 | Blog, Press Releases
The California State Bar must eliminate the use of Facial Recognition Technology in the administration of their February 2021 bar examination, because it is disproportionately inaccurate in identifying women and people of color, a letter sent today to the several...
by Ian Weiner | Jan 26, 2021 | Blog, Press Releases
To ensure affordable housing units can be built and expand opportunities to promote a thriving, inclusive community in the Gowanus neighborhood of New York City, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed an amicus brief today on behalf of three...
