by Press | Mar 27, 2019 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Facebook announced a new policy banning content that promotes white nationalism and white separatism as impermissible hate speech, following nine months of advocacy from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Facebook’s new...
by Press | Mar 26, 2019 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Facebook announced a new policy banning content that promotes white nationalism and white separatism as impermissible hate speech, following nine months of advocacy from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Facebook’s new...
by Press | Mar 21, 2019 | Press Releases
BARTLESVILLE, OK – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Latham & Watkins LLP, and Bryan & Terrill, PLLC filed a lawsuit challenging unlawful and unconstitutional jailing of indigent individuals for nonpayment of court-imposed fines and...
by Press | Mar 19, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today, in response to the closing of Argosy University, a nationwide chain of for-profit schools that closed after the U.S. Department of Education pulled its eligibility for federal aid programs the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law...
by Press | Mar 19, 2019 | Press Releases
Students of color admitted to Specialized New York Public Schools failed to Increase Washington, D.C. – Today, in response to reports that admissions at New York City’s specialized public high schools, failed to include a larger population that reflects the diversity...
by Press | Mar 18, 2019 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the National Action Network issued a joint call to leaders of the New York State General Assembly in support of the State’s fight to ensure that the legalization of marijuana in...