Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Black Farmer Group Petitions To Intervene In Texas Debt Relief Lawsuit
Photo: Twitter A group of Black farmers is seeking to jump into the Texas federal court battle that has stalled a $5 billion debt ...
Black Farmers Face New Crisis Of Economic Displacement After Decades Of Instructional Racism
(Washington, D.C.) — After decades of the longstanding racial discrimination in administration of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) loan programs, Black farmers ...
Police Accountability Efforts Sabotaged As George Floyd Justice In Policing Act Negotiations Collapse
(Washington, D.C.) — Bipartisan negotiations for a compromise on police reform broke down Wednesday, officially ending talks on the George Floyd Justice in Policing ...
Republican Voter Suppression: Texas’ SB 1 Discriminates Against Blacks And Other Voters Of Color
Photos: Twitter (Austin, Texas) — The Texas State Legislature’s SB 1 legislation violates provisions of the Texas Constitution that protect the right to vote, ...
Jan. 6th: Capitol Police Suing Trump Under 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act
Photos: Twitter\YouTube (Washington, D.C.) — Then-President Trump, following his loss in the 2020 presidential election, worked with white supremacists, violent extremist groups, and campaign ...
The Fight Against Racial Republican Voter Suppression: “The Time To Act Is Now”
Photos: Twitter\YouTube (Washington, D.C.) — On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act (VRA), transformative legislation that ...
Judge Dismisses D.C. Police Union’s Suit On Body Camera Footage
Photos: YouTube\ACLU (Washington, D.C.) — The District of Columbia can publicly release body-worn camera recordings and names of officers who kill or inflict violence ...
Georgia: DeKalb County Reinstates Purged Voters To Voting Rolls After Lawsuit Settlement
Photos: Lawyers’ Committee\YouTube (ATLANTA) — The DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections (BRE) will reinstate the eligibility of all voters who had been ...
Baltimore Police Being Sued For Destruction of Murder Victim’s Property
Photo: YouTube The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) destroyed the personal property of a murder victim, denying his family the opportunity to collect his belongings, ...
Texas Legislature Convenes to Resuscitate Voter Suppression Bill
Photo: Twitter (Austin, Texas) — Texas state legislators returned to the Capitol building Thursday to begin a special session, during which they will resume ...
