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Civil Rights Groups File Amicus Brief Before Supreme Court Challenging Department of Homeland Security’s Rescission Of DACA
WASHINGTON – A coalition of civil rights and social justice organizations led by the national Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, filed an amicus...
Harvard Won a Key Affirmative Action Battle. But the War’s Not Over.
The bitter fight over Harvard’s race-conscious admissions process — and affirmative action nationwide — is far from done. The university won the first round on Tuesday, when a federal judge ruled there was no evidence of explicit bias in Harvard’s treatment of...
Civil rights groups slam Comcast for trying to weaken a key protection against racial discrimination
A coalition of civil rights organizations this week accused Comcast of undermining Reconstruction-era protections against racial discrimination, weighing in on a lawsuit against the company that is now before the U.S. Supreme Court. Comedian and media mogul Byron...
Civil Rights Leaders Urge Supreme Court to Uphold One of the Nation’s Oldest Anti-Discrimination Statutes
WASHINGTON – Civil rights leaders urged the Supreme Court to preserve a critical civil rights statute that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color and ethnicity when making and enforcing contracts. The law applies to all private and public actors and...
Harvard Defeats Suit Seeking to Bar Race-Conscious Admission
Harvard University defeated an anti-affirmative action group’s lawsuit to stop the school from using race as a factor in admissions, in a ruling that’s likely to be challenged all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. A federal judge on Tuesday said the...
Federal Court Upholds Harvard’s Race Conscious Admissions
Judge also finds no proof of intentional discrimination against Asian American applicants Boston, MA – Federal Judge Allison D. Burroughs’ issued a landmark ruling today in favor of Harvard University on all counts in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard....
National Civil Rights Organization Applauds Court’s Decision Reaffirming the Lawfulness of Race-Conscious Programs; Prepares for Upcoming Trial
Judge dismisses parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment in Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Prepares for Upcoming Trial Greensboro, NC -- The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights...
Of Course Employers Want to Talk It Out. But Workers Deserve Their Day In Court
Hidden in the fine print of many "take it or leave it" employment contracts is a clause that steals the right of employees to have their day in court. It's called forced arbitration.
A Dead Man’s Hard Drive Is the ‘Most Perfect’ Example of White Supremacy in Our Lifetime
While many people consider “white supremacy” to be the superlative form of “racism,” the two closely-related terms have different meanings. Racism is a belief but white supremacy is the structural system founded on that idea. Racism hasn’t changed in 400...
Reducing “hate” on Facebook takes center stage at Civil Rights x Tech Town Hall with COO Sheryl Sandberg
TLANTA — Today, the Change the Terms Coalition (CTT) convened the Civil Rights x Tech Town Hall with Facebook that highlighted how free expression on the platform is often chilled amidst racist online threats; how hateful content and misinformation has undermined...
DeKalb asked to stop canceling voters with temporary addresses
Voting rights organizations sent a letter Wednesday demanding that DeKalb County election officials stop canceling the registrations of voters without notification or a legitimate challenge to their residency.
Perspective | It’s time to hit reset on the privatization of public education
Opponents of traditional public schools are scrambling to defend the diversion of public funds to charter and private schools. They argue that since education itself is a public good, it shouldn’t matter where a student is educated: any school, regardless of its...
He tweeted hate at her. She sued. Then she met him
When the torrent of hate first hit, Taylor Dumpson curled into a fetal position and rocked herself, unable to speak. Next, she made sure she was never alone in case the people who'd hung bananas in nooses and berated her online decided to attack her in...
‘A perfect synergy:’ Attorneys behind UNC Center for Civil Rights merge with national group
Civil rights litigation isn’t always about securing a win in court – sometimes there is a deeper reclamation that comes from fighting for what’s right alongside others who care about the cause. That was evident Sept. 12 as racial and social justice advocates from...
Federal Court Blocks Tennessee Law That Restricts Voter Registration Efforts
Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Suspending Law that has “Chilling Effect” on Third Party Registration Activity Nashville, TN – Judge Aleta A. Trauger issued an opinion granting a preliminary injunction in Tennessee N.A.A.C.P v. Hargett, enjoining a new Tennessee...