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Attorney general launches presidential commission on law enforcement
Voting Rights Advocate: The Impeachment of Trump Is Needed to Protect Our Elections & Democracy
“We’ve slipped back to the Jim Crow era” on voter suppression
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Issues Statement on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
We honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth today, but also his legacy and long term vision of championing causes that lay at the bedrock of our democracy. Many of the battles he fought for over 50 years ago are still being fought today –from racial injustice, voter...
National Archives apologizes for blurring picture of anti-Trump Women’s March signs
Realtors’ group to roll out changes to fight housing discrimination
New Lawsuit Alleges St. Paul’s Redevelopment Plan Is Illegally Forcing Out Residents
Norfolk, Va– A new federal Fair Housing Act lawsuit filed this week alleges that the city of Norfolk and the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, with approval and financing from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, have embarked on a...
UNC students and faculty try to block a settlement that uses university funds to preserve a Confederate monument
LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW CONTINUES FIGHT IN SILENT SAM CONTROVERSY
Group Appeals Denial of Students’ and Faculty Motion to Intervene Chapel Hill, NC– Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a notice of appeal from the denial of their clients’ Motion to Intervene in North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate...
New York Judge Issues Landmark Ruling Affecting More than a Million New York Voters in Advance of the April 2020 Primary Election
Judge Orders that All Inactive Voters’ Names Must Be Included on Lists Maintained at All New York Polling Places After Finding That Voters’ Rights Were Violated WASHINGTON, D.C. – Late Friday, U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan of the Southern District of New York...
LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW CONDEMNS HUD PROPOSAL TO GUT FAIR HOUSING OVERSIGHT
Washington, D.C. – Today, Secretary Ben Carson and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) posted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on its website that will be published shortly and that, if finalized, would gut the department’s oversight of its local...
ARIZONA VOTING RIGHTS ADVOCATES OBTAIN SETTLEMENT IMPROVING STATEWIDE ACCESS TO VOTER
PHOENIX, AZ—Today, voting rights advocates celebrated a significant win for Arizonans that will make it easier for residents to exercise their fundamental right to vote. The victory was declared after the settlement of a lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters of...
Ben Carson’s HUD will propose new rule, further weakening enforcement of fair housing laws
Census 2020 Tests Social-Media Giants’ Ability to Combat Disinformation
BLACK IMMIGRANT ORGANIZATIONS AND CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS APPLAUD THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT’S PATHWAY TO PERMANENT RESIDENCY FOR LIBERIAN IMMIGRANTS
WASHINGTON – African Communities Together and UndocuBlack Network, along with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Lawyers for Civil Rights, applaud the provision in the National Defense Authorization Act that allows eligible Liberians to gain...