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Civil rights group: Gwinnett must send ballot applications in Spanish
150+ Groups: We Can Protect Democracy Even as We Safeguard Our Health
Congress must provide $4 billion to ensure that no voter is left out WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, our Voting Rights Task Force co-chairs, and more than 150 organizations called on Congress to fully fund and direct states and...
Fifty percent of people testing positive for coronavirus in Kansas City are black
Another Burden to Bear
5 weeks into Colorado’s coronavirus crisis, state health officials begin to request patient demographic details
How racism and poverty made Detroit a new coronavirus hot spot
Hell-Bent on In-Person Voting, Georgia Delays Election Again
4 reasons coronavirus is hitting black communities so hard
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to White House Meeting for Black Leaders on COVID-19
Group continues to demand release of racial data from the administration Washington, DC (April 10, 2020) — On Monday, April 7th the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, joined by more than 400 medical professionals, sent a letter to Secretary Azar at the...
INSTITUTE INDEX: Taking the census in a pandemic
Outcry over racial data grows as virus slams black Americans
Every St. Louis Resident Who Has Died From COVID-19 Has Been Black
Coronavirus is disproportionality affecting black Americans and eliciting calls for more data — here’s what you need to know
Who gets hospitalized for Covid-19? Report shows differences by race and sex
Broad Coalition of Civil Rights Groups Oppose the Department of Labor’s National Interest Exemption Suspending Critical Affirmative Action Regulations for Federal Contractors Responding to COVID-19
Broad Coalition of Civil Rights Groups Oppose the Department of Labor’s National Interest Exemption Suspending Critical Affirmative Action Regulations for Federal Contractors Responding to COVID-19 Washington, DC – On April 7, 2020 a broad coalition of 56 civil rights...