by Press | Jan 11, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) –President Joe Biden delivered a speech in Atlanta Tuesday that focused on the recently erected barriers to voting rights at the state level and the urgency of passing critical federal voting rights legislation. The following is a statement from...
by Press | Jan 9, 2022 | Press Releases
(WASHINGTON, DC): Dozens of the country’s most prominent civil and voting rights organizations are banding together to organize and turn out voters in the 2022 midterm elections and fight against voter suppression. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law...
by Press | Jan 7, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, DC) – The civil rights community mourns the loss of Professor Lani Guinier, a voting rights champion, whose litigation, policy analysis, and scholarship on race, elections, and democracy inspired generations of advocates. The first woman of color to be...
by Press | Jan 6, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — One year ago, on January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol Police officers faced a violent mob intent on interrupting the peaceful transfer of presidential power. They were driven by white supremacist rhetoric and intentional misinformation aimed at...
by Press | Dec 26, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a moral leader in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement, passed away at 90. A powerful voice for nonviolence and peaceful reconciliation after the fall of apartheid South Africa, Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in...
