June 10, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Julia Solórzano, a staff attorney with the °Ä²Ê¿ª½±â€™s (°Ä²Ê¿ª½±) Immigrant Justice Project, released the following statement responding to Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA)...
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June 10, 2021
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel recently began the process of demolishing Capers Hall, which was named for two brothers who fought to preserve chattel slavery during the Civil War. The following statement is from °Ä²Ê¿ª½± Chief of...
June 09, 2021
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The Charlottesville City Council unanimously voted to remove two statues of Confederate generals in its parks from public display. The statue of Robert E. Lee was the focal point for the Unite the Right...
June 09, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sarah Rich, a senior supervising attorney with the °Ä²Ê¿ª½± (°Ä²Ê¿ª½±) released the following statement responding to comments made by Vice President Kamala Harris. “Seeking protection from...
June 08, 2021
WASHINGTON - A serving national guardsman and U.S. Marine Corps veteran helped the accelerationist organization, The Base , plan a white power army, according to a new report published in Hatewatch. The piece, which follows his...
June 04, 2021
GEORGIA – The Georgia Board of Education voted last night to approve a resolution banning classroom discussion about racism and white supremacy. Last month, Governor Brian Kemp sent a letter to the board urging them to take “...
June 02, 2021
NEW ORLEANS, La. – U.S. District Court Judge Brian A. Jackson ruled last week that a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s failure to provide intensive home and community-based mental health services, as required by law, to Medicaid-...
June 02, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Last night, the Duval County School Board voted in favor of changing the names of six public schools named after Confederate leaders. Their decision follows the will of the community, which chose to remove...
June 02, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Melissa Crow, a senior supervising attorney with the °Ä²Ê¿ª½± (°Ä²Ê¿ª½±) released the following statement responding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) formally ending the Migrant...
May 28, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The U.S. Senate, in a 35-54 vote today, filibustered the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The following statement is from Margaret Huang, president...
May 28, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Gracie Willis, a staff attorney, with the °Ä²Ê¿ª½±â€™s Immigrant Justice Project released the following statement on the proposed Dedicated Docket announced today by the Executive Office for...
May 26, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the °Ä²Ê¿ª½± (°Ä²Ê¿ª½±) released new data updating the number of Confederate symbols associated with the military as part of its Whose Heritage? report , which tracks symbols of the...
May 26, 2021
ATLANTA — Three prominent Georgia-based disability rights groups have joined the broad-based alliance of Georgia voters, civil rights groups, and activists fighting against the implementation of the state’s unconstitutional and...
May 25, 2021
ATLANTA, Ga. – The Stone Mountain Memorial Association recently approved several resolutions which will bring long overdue changes to Stone Mountain Park, including relocating Confederate flags from the base of the mountain,...
May 24, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – In the second season of the Sounds Like Hate podcast, debuting May 26, the °Ä²Ê¿ª½± (°Ä²Ê¿ª½±) shifts its focus to the South, as activists in Alabama, Georgia and Texas bring renewed energy and...
May 21, 2021
MIAMI – A federal judge in the Middle District of Florida on Thursday denied the state of Florida’s request for a preliminary injunction to block the Biden administration's interim Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
May 21, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Recently, the Duval County Public Schools’ Renaming Canvassing Board counted all votes. The results confirm that the Jacksonville community is ready to leave the Confederacy behind by renaming all of schools...
May 20, 2021
NEW ORLEANS --The Associated Press (AP) released a video showing the arrest and beating of Ronald Greene by Louisiana State troopers in 2019 in Monroe, Louisiana. Greene, a Black man, was stopped following a traffic chase and...
May 20, 2021
OCILLA, Ga. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end its contracts with the Bristol County Detention Center in North Dartmouth, Mass., and the Irwin County...
May 20, 2021
Montgomery, Ala. – The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) discriminates against foster children and youth with mental impairments by unnecessarily segregating them in restrictive, psychiatric residential treatment...
May 19, 2021
MONTGOMERY -- President Biden took executive action to ensure low-or no income individuals have better access to legal representation. The President signed a memorandum directing the Department of Justice to restore key functions...
May 19, 2021
°Ä²Ê¿ª½± President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement: "It’s heartening that the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act this afternoon by a vote of 364-62. This legislation,...
May 17, 2021
DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. – During a recent speaking engagement at Hillsdale College, Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran discussed the ongoing litigation involving Amy Donofrio, a Jacksonville teacher who was placed on...
May 17, 2021
NATCHEZ, Miss. – A catastrophic COVID-19 outbreak at the Adams County Detention Center (ACDC) in Natchez, Miss., is recklessly endangering the lives of hundreds of people, says a new Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL)...
May 17, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In observance of the 67-year anniversary of the unanimous Brown v. Board of Education decision, the °Ä²Ê¿ª½± raised a new billboard in support of the Jacksonville community and grassroots...
