by Press | Feb 7, 2022 | Newsclips
Donald Trump said Capitol Police officers who sued him over injuries they sustained during the Jan. 6 riot are “grasping at straws” to link him to the attack, arguing they should blame Washington’s mayor and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi instead. “A lawyer for the...
by Press | Feb 7, 2022 | Newsclips
The FBI has said a series of hoax bomb threats targeting US historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, are being investigated as racially motivated hate crimes. “In a statement, Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’...
by Stanley Augustin | Nov 24, 2020 | Newsclips
Dear President-Elect Biden: As co-chairs and participating organizations of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights’ Employment Task Force, we write to share our views concerning the qualifications for the next U.S. Secretary of Labor. Ensuring the...
by Don Owens | Aug 13, 2020 | Blog, Newsclips, Press Releases
Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU) signed an agreement that sets the terms for a card-check process for voluntary recognition. Upon confirmation of majority staff support for NPEU through this...