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Kristen Clarke President and Executive Director of the National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee About Hate Crimes and the Rise of White Nationalism
Washington, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee at tomorrow’s hearing “Hate Crimes and the Rise of White Nationalism” on Tuesday, April 9, 2019...
Georgia Largely Abandons Its Broken “Exact Match” Voter Registration Process
Georgia voters inaccurately flagged as non-citizens will still face problems when registering to vote ATLANTA, GA – On Tuesday, after three federal lawsuits in 2008, 2016 and 2018, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed House Bill 316, largely ending the onerous ‘exact...
In Remembrance of King
By: Sarah Gibson Today marks 51 years since the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was supporting a strike by African-American sanitation workers who were paid significantly less than their white...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Opposes Historic Senate Rule Change
Washington, D.C. – In response to the U.S. Senate changing the time allowed for post-cloture debate of nominees for the federal judiciary, Erinn Martin Policy Counsel at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement: “Yesterday,...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Takes Action to Combat Food Insecurity Across Florida
Washington, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is continuing its statewide campaign to combat food insecurity and its impact on low-income students in public schools across Florida. The organization launched its campaign following an incident at...
Equal Pay Day: Let’s Talk About the Racial Pay Gap
By Tamara Cesaretti Although Equal Pay Day focuses on the gender pay gap, the racial pay gap is even more pervasive and impacts both men and women. Women working full-time, year-round are typically paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts....
Nassau County Announces Resolution To 14-Year Fair Housing Act Litigation
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran’s Administration recently joined with nonprofit housing developer MHANY Management Inc. and New York Communities for Change, Inc. (NYCC) to announce a successful resolution of Fair Housing Act litigation that had been pending...
Groups File Amicus Brief in SCOTUS 2020 Census Citizenship Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Public Counsel, and Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP filed an amicus brief on behalf of their clients, the City of San Jose and the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, in Department of...
Following Mounting Pressure from Civil Rights Groups, Trump Administration Orders Extension of DED for Liberians
Boston, MA – Today, President Trump extended the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) program for Liberians for twelve months, through March 31, 2020. This decision comes hours ahead of an emergency hearing in federal court in a lawsuit filed by the national Lawyers’...
Facebook says it will now block white-nationalist, white-separatist posts
Facebook said Wednesday that it will begin banning posts, photos and other content that reference white nationalism and white separatism, revising its rules in response to criticism that a loophole had allowed racism to thrive on its platform.
Facebook extends ban on hate speech to ‘white nationalists’
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is extending its ban on hate speech to prohibit the promotion and support of white nationalism and white separatism.
Civil rights advocates: This is the face of school re-segregation
In case you missed it earlier this week, there was a powerful op-ed in Raleigh’s News & Observer that explained in painful detail how charter schools are abetting and expediting the re-segregation of our public schools.
NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP SECURES CRITICAL VICTORY IN EFFORT TO COMBAT WHITE SUPREMACY ON FACEBOOK PLATFORM
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Facebook announced a new policy banning content that promotes white nationalism and white separatism as impermissible hate speech, following nine months of advocacy from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Facebook’s new...
NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP SECURES CRITICAL VICTORY IN EFFORT TO COMBAT WHITE SUPREMACY ON FACEBOOK PLATFORM
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Facebook announced a new policy banning content that promotes white nationalism and white separatism as impermissible hate speech, following nine months of advocacy from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Facebook’s new...
The Lawyers’ Committee And The Center For Reproductive Rights, Along With Many Others Are Fighting For Reproductive Rights
On November 15, 2018, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury published two final rules that, if enacted, will deprive thousands of women of meaningful access to contraceptive health care services. The Religious Exemption Rule and the Moral...