by Press | Aug 4, 2010 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
The Lawyers’ Committee is proud to release Five Years of Commitment: Providing Legal Assistance in The Gulf Post Katrina. Within days of the Hurricane slamming ashore on August 29, 2005, it was apparent that the impact of this devastating storm would fall...
by Press | Jun 7, 2010 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
On May 17th, the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University released a shocking study that found that the wealth gap between White and Black households in America nearly quadrupled between 1984 and 2007. In 1984 the average White household...
by Press | May 17, 2010 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
Fifty-six years ago this month, on May 17th, 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States announced its decision in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education. The Court found that racially segregated schools were inherently discriminatory and violated the 14th...
by Press | May 3, 2010 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
On May 6th, the Lawyers’ Committee proudly hosted author Michele Alexander* for a discussion of her recently published book, The New Jim Crow. This important work argues persuasively that, even as the nation celebrates signs of progress, including the election...
by Press | Mar 24, 2010 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
On March 23rd, after the historic vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 21st and earlier action by the Senate, President Barack Obama signed into law a sweeping reform of America’s health care system. Immediately, American children no longer face the...
by Press | Mar 2, 2010 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
At the heart of the current economic crisis is a wave of foreclosures across the nation, nearly 4 million in 2009, which has disproportionately affected countless minorities. Millions of distressed homeowners, particularly minorities, have become vulnerable targets...
