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Civil Rights Groups Vow to Fight Back as GOP Builds Massive Voter Suppression Machine for 2020 Election
Coalition of Harvard Students Submit Bold Legal Resistance Against Continued Attacks on School’s Affirmative Action Policies
(Boston, Mass.) – A diverse group of Harvard students and alumni of color (student-amici) dismissed the intentions and likely harmful outcomes of the legal appeal filed by plaintiffs in the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard case today when they submitted...
Steps Needed To Help The Most Vulnerable Avoid Coronavirus
Mentorship Helps Black Women Thrive in Legal Profession
Senate and House Democrats Introduce COVID-19 Privacy Bill Targeting Contact Tracing Apps
Civil rights group declares victory in ‘Silent Sam’ case
New Privacy Bills Aim to Protect Health Data During the Pandemic
Contact Tracing Privacy Bill Introduced
UNC Students and Faculty Celebrate Dismissal of Silent Sam Suit
University Urged to Use Funds to Increase Diversity, Inclusion Chapel Hill, NC (May 14, 2020) – Today, following the Orange County Superior Court’s recent dismissal of North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. v. UNC and UNC Board of Governors, 19 CVS...
Stroman’s Murky Postal Service Departure is a Direct Assault on the Reliability of America’s Vote-By-Mail Elections
“The Postal Service lies at the heart of our democracy and is critical to the success of an unprecedented vote-by-mail system that is needed for a fair and effective 2020 election season.”