by Press | Jul 18, 2016 | Newsclips
The complaints are collected by a coalition of consumer and law enforcement groups organized by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which tracks companies and law firms that promise to “rescue” homeowners from foreclosure and mostly fail to...
by Press | Jul 15, 2016 | Newsclips
Voter turnout in the U.S. typically falls behind other developed countries. In 2014, 37 percent of Americans showed up to the polls, the lowest voter turnout in the U.S. in more than 70 years, according to Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of Lawyers’...
by Press | Jul 15, 2016 | Newsclips
North Carolina’s Senate passed its new voting laws weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5 to 4 in June 2013 to eliminate a requirement that nine states mostly in the South with a history of discrimination, including North Carolina, receive federal approval before...
by Press | Jul 14, 2016 | Newsclips
Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said the tragedies open new opportunities to intensify the addressing of issues that too often get dropped. “The events of this past week underscore that violence...
by Press | Jul 12, 2016 | Newsclips
The Justice Dept. opened a civil rights investigation July 6 into the police-involved shooting. Kristen Clarke of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law said this is not the first time the Baton Rouge police department has been subjected to a federal probe...
by Press | Jul 8, 2016 | Newsclips
In an emergency motion filed Thursday, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law pointed out that Maricopa County election officials set up just 60 polling places for the March election. The result was some voters having to wait five hours to cast a...
