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Civil Rights Groups, Civic Organizations, Tribal and Local Governments Secure Broad Resolution in Census Lawsuit
Civil rights groups, civic organizations, and tribal and local governments have secured and presented to the court for approval a final resolution in the federal lawsuit that stopped the federal government from severely truncating and skewing the results of the 2020...
Addressing Rise in Hate Crimes Targeting Asian Communities, Senate Passes COVID-19 Hate Crimes Bill and NO HATE Act
(Washington, D.C.) – In an overwhelming bipartisan vote on Thursday, the Senate passed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act which included the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act as an amendment. The following is a statement from Damon Hewitt, acting president and executive director of...
Senate Confirmation of Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General is Historic, Vital for our Nation
(Washington, D.C.) - In a historic bipartisan vote today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Vanita Gupta to the role of associate attorney general, the third highest-ranking position in the U.S. Department of Justice. Gupta is now the first woman of color ever to be...
Settlement Agreement: Black NC Community Members’ Right to Protest Protected in Federal Court
(Raleigh N.C.) – United States District Court Judge Catherine Eagles entered a consent order and judgment today designed to protect the First Amendment rights of peaceful protestors to protest in front of the Alamance County courthouse, lawyers for the plaintiffs have...
Blog: Fair Housing is an Intersectional Fight for Freedom
Every April we celebrate National Fair Housing Month and the passage of the Fair Housing Act, a robust civil rights act enacted in 1968 that prohibits discrimination in the access of housing. On the surface, fair housing could simply mean accessibility to quality...
Chauvin Conviction is Long-Awaited, but Does Not Fix the Problem of Structural Racism in Policing
(MINNEAPOLIS) - The Hennepin County District Court announced Tuesday that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted by a jury for the murder of George Floyd. The verdict comes nearly a year after the horrific incident, and amid a growing national...
FTC Declares Racially Biased Algorithms in Artificial Intelligence Unfair and Deceptive, Prohibited by Law
(Washington, D.C.) - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published guidance to businesses Monday that states definitively that if a business uses a discriminatory algorithm to make automated decisions, they may be violating federal law. The U.S....
Indianapolis Shooting Illustrates Pattern of Violence and Hate
(Washington, D.C.) — Eight people were shot and killed at an Indianapolis FedEx facility last week by a former employee. Four of the eight victims belonged to the Sikh religious community. The attack in Indiana's state capital, also the third largest city in the...
As the Police Killings of Black Americans Mount, the Justice in Policing Act Must be Passed Now
(Washington, D.C.) - This past week, Daunte Wright was shot and killed in Minneapolis, and in Chicago police released the footage of the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. These events also come on the heels of the Derek Chauvin trial, and recently surfaced...
Residents in Chesapeake Detention Facility Secure Major Protections After Uncontrolled COVID-19 Outbreak
(Washington, D.C.) - Residents in the Chesapeake Detention Facility (CDF) in downtown Baltimore, will now have safer and humane protections from COVID-19 outbreaks after over a year of CDF and Maryland public officials refusing to enact them, thanks to a settlement...
Black Expectant Mothers Deserve Better Public Heath Care
Although racial health disparities have been widely-recognized throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Black women have shouldered the brunt of systemic inequities in health care for centuries. As highlighted during this month’s Black Maternal Health Week — a campaign...
Biden Administration Takes Steps Toward Reinstating Obama-Era Fair Housing Rules
(Washington, D.C.) — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge advanced a proposal Tuesday to reinstate the Department’s 2013 disparate impact rule, as well as an interim final rule that would reassert the federal government’s commitment to affirmatively...
Proud Boys Held Accountable for their Racist Attack on Historic Black Church in D.C.
(Washington, D.C.) – The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church achieved a significant victory in an initial phase of its lawsuit against members of the Proud Boys, a violent all-male group with ties to white nationalism, and their leader Enrique Tarrio,...
The Torch of the Fair Housing Fight Burns Bright in Minnesota
Evictions and limited housing access can affect a renter’s housing options for the rest of their life, especially during a pandemic. While the number of evictions in Minnesota has marginally decreased, close to 16,000 evictions are filed across the state every year....
Officer’s Link to Proud Boys Shows Need for Broader Investigation of White Supremacy Within the Ranks of the Fresno Police Department
A Fresno law enforcement officer, who was an avowed local leader of the Proud Boys until recently, must be removed and an independent investigation into bigoted extremism in the department must be conducted, a letter sent to the Fresno police chief and other elected...