by Press | Jul 3, 2020 | Press Releases
(Raleigh, N.C.) – The city of Graham’s orders preventing groups of two or more people from protesting without police permission violates the First Amendment to the Constitution on rights to free speech and assembly, a coalition of civil rights groups led by the...
by Press | Jul 1, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – In a late-night tweet, President Trump signaled that his administration may end the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) program enacted under President Obama. AFFH was added to the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to fight historic patterns of...
by Press | Jun 29, 2020 | Press Releases
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Reddit and Twitch stood up for the civil rights of their users to enjoy their services without being subjected to hate or harassment today when they announced a new anti-hate policy and banned about 2,000 subreddits, including r/The_Donald, which...
by Press | Jun 29, 2020 | Press Releases
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s anti-abortion law, Act 620, that would have required physicians who perform abortions to have active admitting privileges at a local hospital, as unconstitutional. The Court’s ruling affirms the...
by Press | Jun 26, 2020 | Press Releases
(Raleigh, N.C.) – North Carolina-based advocacy groups are concerned about possible Raleigh police violence against peaceful protesters at the Pride in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter rally this weekend, a letter sent to Police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown on behalf...
by Press | Jun 25, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Exactly one month after George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote to approve the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Floyd’s arrest and death sparked a widespread movement across the...
