June 29, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) today released an update to its Whose Heritage report which tracks symbols of the Confederacy on public land across the United States: Total number of Confederate symbols...
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June 28, 2020
JACKSON, Miss. 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 Action Fund鈥檚 Mississippi Policy Director Brandon Jones released the following statement in response to the passage of HB 1796 by the Mississippi legislature to remove the Confederate battle emblem from...
June 27, 2020
JACKSON, Miss. 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 Action Fund鈥檚 Brandon Jones released the following statement in response to the passage of House Concurrent Resolution 79 by the Mississippi legislature which clears the way for removal of the...
June 26, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 Action Fund鈥檚 Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to Army leaders announcing that they will hold off on banning Confederate symbols and renaming installations currently named for...
June 25, 2020
WASHINGTON 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 Action Fund President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the statement below following the U.S. House of Representatives passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 tonight: 鈥淲hile we are encouraged...
June 25, 2020
ATLANTA 鈥� Today, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a huge win for Alabama voters who are at risk of contracting COVID-19. The Circuit Court denied the defendants鈥� emergency motion to stay a lower court decision in...
June 25, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) issued the following statement by Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project, in response to today鈥檚 Supreme Court decision in...
June 25, 2020
RIVERSIDE, Calif. 鈥� Last night, civil rights advocates filed a motion to enforce a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the Central Division of California, seeking to enforce U.S. District Judge Jesus Bernal鈥檚...
June 24, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) today released an update to its Whose Heritage report which tracks public symbols of the Confederacy across the United States. The report shows that nearly 1,800...
June 24, 2020
WASHINGTON 鈥� Yesterday, the 澳彩开奖 Action Fund submitted a statement to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee calling on senators to consider the minimum requirements needed to reform the policing system following the recent murders...
June 23, 2020
Miami, Fla. 鈥� The Migrant Service Providers, a coalition of over 40 organizations across South Florida, released the following statement in response to Governor DeSantis鈥檚 inaccurate and racist scapegoating of migrant farmworkers...
June 23, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The following statement about Kentucky's primary elections today is by Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for the 澳彩开奖: "Today, the state of Kentucky follows states like Wisconsin and...
June 23, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 issued the following statement by Meredith Stewart, senior supervising attorney with the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project, regarding the Trump administration's executive order...
June 22, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Lecia Brooks issued the following statement after a noose was found in Bubba Wallace鈥檚 garage stall at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. 鈥淚t is extremely troubling, yet...
June 20, 2020
TULSA, Okla. 鈥� 澳彩开奖 Action Fund President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the below statement following President Trump鈥檚 rally tonight in Tulsa, Okla., the day after Juneteenth and near the site of the 1921 massacre that left up...
June 20, 2020
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - An incarcerated man at Lake County Correctional Institution near Orlando died on Friday, June 19 a day after sustaining life-threatening injuries from corrections officers. The officers involved have been put...
June 19, 2020
TULSA, Okla. 鈥� 澳彩开奖 Action Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang released the following statement ahead of President Trump鈥檚 rally on Saturday in Tulsa, Okla. 鈥� the day after Juneteenth...
June 19, 2020
WASHINGTON 鈥� 澳彩开奖 Action Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang released the statement below following the introduction today of a bill in the U.S. Senate to recognize Juneteenth as a federal holiday: 鈥淭he...
June 19, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Lecia Brooks issued the following statement after portraits of Confederate leaders Robert Hunter, James Orr, Howell Cobb, and Charles Crisp were removed from the U.S. Capitol...
June 18, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� 澳彩开奖 Action Fund鈥檚 Lecia Brooks released the following statement after Facebook removed Trump campaign ads that used a red upside-down triangle. Trump later claimed that the symbol is used by Antifa, but it is...
June 18, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration鈥檚 decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was arbitrary and capricious. The following statement can be...
June 17, 2020
Montgomery, Ala. 鈥� A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to implement a number of measures to protect detained people鈥檚 access to counsel...
June 17, 2020
WASHINGTON 鈥� 澳彩开奖 Action Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang released the statement below on the introduction of the Justice Act, the Senate GOP police reform legislation by Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.): 鈥�...
June 16, 2020
W ASHINGTON 鈥� 澳彩开奖 Action Fund President and Chief Executive Office Margaret Huang released the following statement regarding today鈥檚 Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Police Use of Force and Community...
June 16, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) today announced it is investing up to $30 million from its endowment in voter outreach organizations in the Deep South to increase voter registration and participation...
