by Press | Mar 15, 2021 | Blog, Press Releases
Just three days before the November election, alarm bells rang out as partisan political candidates and advocates attempted to disenfranchise nearly 130,000 Texans in Harris County, home of the state’s largest city, who utilized the...
by Press | Mar 9, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – To train college students, professors and community partners as redistricting experts and give them the appropriate tools to advocate for fair redistricting and electoral boundaries, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law launched...
by Press | Mar 7, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – On the 56-year mark of Alabama’s brutal Bloody Sunday attack on Black communities, their allies, and democracy itself, President Joe Biden released recorded remarks this morning calling for Senate passage of the national Lawyers’...
by Press | Mar 5, 2021 | Blog, Press Releases
Facebook is engaging in online segregation and redlining by using certain protected characteristics – such as race, age and gender – to determine who receives ads for economic opportunities, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law argues in an amicus...
by Press | Mar 4, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Nearly a year after nationwide protests occurred calling for an end to police brutality against Black and Brown communities and demanding greater accountability in every sector of law enforcement, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act has...
by Press | Mar 4, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.1, the ‘For the People Act,’ in what is an important first step towards expanding access to the ballot box. Numerous provisions in the bill, such as requiring states to allow same-day voter...
