by Press | Dec 16, 2015 | Newsclips
The shared values of diversity, inclusion, and access to opportunity are central to who we are as a nation, but, all too often, our ability to fulfill that vision of America is undermined by our failure to take thoughtful, strategic action to promote fair housing...
by Press | Dec 15, 2015 | Newsclips
Fifteen years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the outcome of the 2000 Presidential election. The Court’s controversial Bush v. Gore ruling halted the Florida vote recount, in effect deciding who would occupy the nation’s highest office and placing a cloud over the...
by Press | Dec 8, 2015 | Newsclips
Civil rights groups say certain groups would lose all political influence. “Minorities, undocumented persons, minors and the incarcerated would become invisible and voiceless in the eyes of their state governments,” said Jon Greenbaum, chief counsel for...
by Press | Nov 7, 2015 | Newsclips
Coming amid waves of gentrification, the reports of deed theft have helped feed the unease felt in neighborhoods where longtime residents — blacks and Hispanics, the poor and middle class — are increasingly being priced out. A report last year by...
by Press | Nov 1, 2015 | Newsclips
Jon Greenbaum, chief counsel for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, argues there is no statistical proof that increased pressure on police is connected to the increase in violent crime. “I just don’t think we know the answer to that one way or...
by Press | Nov 1, 2015 | Newsclips
Associations and nonprofits Business Roundtable of the District appointed Maria Ghazal general counsel, Phillip Herndon senior director of digital strategy and advocacy, and Rayna Valenti communications manager. Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the...
