by Press | Feb 22, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — Multi-billion-dollar biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific (TFS) has wrongfully profited from cervical cells that were taken from Henrietta Lacks without her knowledge and consent, according to an amicus brief filed Tuesday by the...
by Press | Feb 22, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C). – Earlier Tuesday, a federal jury convicted three white men for committing hate crimes and attempting to kidnap Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020. The three men are already serving life sentences in prison after being convicted of murder after a...
by Press | Feb 18, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – A Minnesota judge sentenced former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter, convicted of two counts of manslaughter in December, to two years in prison Friday, far less than the sentencing range that prosecutors recommended. Potter fatally shot...
by Press | Feb 10, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, DC) — The Board of Commissioners of San Juan County, New Mexico adopted a redistricting plan that denies San Juan County’s Navajo Nation citizens and other Indigenous voters an equal opportunity to participate in the political process and to elect...
by Press | Feb 4, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — In honor of his work to foster the development of inclusive communities, expand access to opportunity, and fight displacement, Thomas Silverstein, associate director of the Fair Housing & Community Development Project at the Lawyers’...
by Press | Feb 2, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – An increasing number of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have received bomb threats in the past few days, drawing the attention of the White House and federal law enforcement. At least 17 HBCUs temporarily canceled...
