Gov’t Called to Release Data on Racial Makeup of COVID-19 Deaths as Black People Suffer Greatest Impact

by Press | Apr 7, 2020 | Newsclips

African-Americans are affected at a higher rate than other races during COVID-19 pandemic

by Press | Apr 7, 2020 | Newsclips

(Roland Martin Unfiltered) Hundreds of doctors are calling on the federal government to release race and ethnicity data on infections and deaths from covid-19. There are reports that the pandemic is affecting African Americans at a disproportionate rate. Joining...

Coronavirus hitting some African American communities extremely hard

by Press | Apr 6, 2020 | Newsclips

National Civil Rights Group and Hundreds of Medical Professionals Call on the Trump Administration and States to Release Racial Data for COVID-19 Tests, Cases and Outcomes

by Press | Apr 6, 2020 | Press Releases

Washington, DC (April 6, 2020) – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and nearly 400 medical professionals issued a demand letter to the United States Department of Health and Human Services and its relevant sub-agencies...

Civil Rights Commission Releases Report on Examining and Addressing Federal #MeToo

by Press | Apr 1, 2020 | Blog

Includes Testimony from Lawyers’ Committee’s Economic Justice Project Washington, DC (April 1, 2020) Today, the United States Commission on Civil Rights issued a report titled Federal #MeToo: Examining Sexual Harassment in Government Workplaces. In this...