by Press | Nov 22, 2017 | Press Releases
While Public Interest Legal Foundation Undertakes National Campaign to Institute Massive Purge Voter Programs, Civil Rights Groups Take Preemptive Action by Offering Guidance to Election Officials on Prohibitions within the National Voter Registration Act WASHINGTON,...
by Press | Nov 21, 2017 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s announcement that it will end immigration protection in...
by Press | Nov 17, 2017 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Twitter announced a change in their verified user policy and pulled the verified status of a number of notorious white supremacists, such as Richard Spencer and Jason Kessler. “White supremacists and other hate groups have turned to...
by Press | Nov 15, 2017 | Press Releases
Lost Property Tax Revenue and Increased Costs Are the Direct and Foreseeable Results of Racially Discriminatory Reverse Redlining WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the National Fair Housing Alliance, the Poverty and Race...
by Press | Nov 14, 2017 | Press Releases
Settlement Ensures Poor People in Sherwood, Arkansas, Won’t Be Locked Up for Court Debt They Can’t Afford to Pay SHERWOOD, Ark. – Sherwood’s “hot check” court will no longer jail people who can’t afford to pay court fines and fees imposed for bouncing a check,...
by Press | Nov 13, 2017 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the FBI released its 2016 Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) hate crimes data which shows a five percent increase in hate crimes data reported by law enforcement agencies over the last year, with the majority (59 percent) of hate crimes...
