by Press | Apr 1, 2020 | Blog
Includes Testimony from Lawyers’ Committee’s Economic Justice Project Washington, DC (April 1, 2020) Today, the United States Commission on Civil Rights issued a report titled Federal #MeToo: Examining Sexual Harassment in Government Workplaces. In this...
by Press | Mar 26, 2020 | Blog
On March 26, 2020 the nonpartisan National Task Force on Election Crises released the COVID-19 Election Guide to help state and local policy makers and election officials maximize the opportunity for all eligible voters to cast their votes without undue risk to their...
by Stanley Augustin | Feb 21, 2020 | Blog
By: Jake Foley-Keene, Intern for the Economic Justice Project “Three years ago, we launched the great American comeback. Tonight, I stand before you to share the incredible results.” On February 4th, President Donald Trump opened his 2020 State of the Union speech...
by Molly Horak | Jul 12, 2019 | Blog
It’s time for a change in marijuana policy. The 600,000 people arrested last year for the possession of marijuana are ready for a change. Over 65 percent of the American population has responded to surveys asking for a change. The panelists speaking at Wednesday’s...
by Molly Horak | Jun 14, 2019 | Blog
By Melissa Denizard Last Wednesday, sitting alongside some of the leading advocates for the Paid Family Leave Act, Carolyn “Cat” Davis spoke about her experience as a black working mother during some of her 12-year time span of being a Walmart Associate. Davis...
by Molly Horak | Jun 7, 2019 | Blog
June 28, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, commonly referred to as the birth of the LGBT+ rights movement in the United States. At the forefront of the riots and the early movement were transgender and gender non-conforming women of color, like...
