Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Biden Administration Sued Again Over Student Debt Relief Disproportionately Shouldered By Communities Of Color
Photos: USGOV\Twitter Washington, D.C. – A group of student, consumer advocacy, and civil rights organizations Friday filed a lawsuit against U.S. Education Secretary Miguel ...
Buffalo Shooting: We Must Stand Against Rising Tide Of Racism
Photos: Twitter WASHINGTON, DC–On Saturday, a white supremacist committed a senseless act of violence in Buffalo, N.Y., shooting and killing 10 people in what ...
U.S. Senate Condemned For Failure To Pass Bill Codifying Abortion
Photos: Lawyer’s Committee\C-SPAN WASHINGTON, DC–Wednesday, in response to the failed Senate vote to advance the Women’s Health Protection Action, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil ...
Voting Rights: Gutting Section 2 Would Allow Unchecked Racial Discrimination
Photos: Twitter (Washington, D.C.) - A federal appeals court should reverse a district judge’s ruling that held Black voters and other impacted community members ...
Lawyers’ Committee’s Testifies To Congress In Support Of Abolishing Qualified Immunity For Police
Photos: Lawyers’ Committee\Twitter\YouTube\Voice (Washington, D.C.) – Arthur Ago, Director of the Criminal Justice Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law testified ...
Federal Lynch Law Legislation Finally Becomes Law In 2022
Photos: Wikimedia Commons\Twitter Tuesday, President Joseph Biden signed into law the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, legislation which finally declares lynching a federal hate crime. ...
Black Farmers Who Endured Decades Of Discrimination By USDA Receive Favorable Court Ruling
Photos: Twitter\YouTube\Lawyers’ Committee (Washington, D.C.) — Black farmers can now defend the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) debt relief program after the U.S. ...
Lawyers’ Committee Recommends Confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson To Be First Black Woman On Supreme Court
Photos: Lawyers’ Committee\YouTube\Screenshot (Washington, D.C.) — The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law released a report on Monday evaluating Supreme Court nominee Judge ...
2020 Census Undercounted Black, Latino and Indigenous People Limiting Our Power
Photos: YouTube Washington, DC) – The Census Bureau announced Thursday that the 2020 census significantly undercounted the country’s Black, Latino, and Indigenous communities. Non-white ...
Proud Boys Leader Charged With Conspiracy For Role In Jan. 6 Attack
Photo: Lawyer’s Committee Washington, DC) – On Tuesday, longtime leader of the Proud Boys, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, was indicted on conspiracy for the Jan. ...