October 21, 2021
Montgomery, Ala. 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) issued the following statement by Ben Salk, Senior Staff Attorney, following the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals鈥� decision to reverse a federal judge鈥檚 April 2020 order ,...
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October 19, 2021
ATLANTA 鈥� The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit yesterday ruled against Rosemary McCoy and Sheila Singleton, clients in the McCoy v. DeSantis lawsuit filed by the 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) that challenges...
October 15, 2021
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, responding to the Biden administration鈥檚 plan to...
October 15, 2021
ATLANTA 鈥� T oday, the U.S . District Court for the Northern District of Georgia denied a request for emergency relief t hat would require the Cobb County School District to follow guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and...
October 14, 2021
ROME, Ga. 鈥� Several Black students at Coosa High School are facing suspension for planning a protest in response to fellow classmates who waved a Confederate flag and yelled racial slurs on school property last week. Although...
October 13, 2021
The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖), a non-government organization (NGO) that acts as a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, announced it is releasing a Request for Proposal (RFP) today seeking partners for a...
October 13, 2021
October 13, 2021, New York 鈥� Civil rights organizations today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit demanding information about the U.S. government鈥檚 wrongful deportation of asylum seekers to Cameroon, where a civil...
October 13, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� In conjunction with today鈥檚 House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing, 鈥� Domestic Violent Extremist Groups and the Recruitment of Veterans ,鈥� the 澳彩开奖 released a searing inside look at the...
October 12, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥撯�疶he 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) issued the following statement by Meredith Stewart, senior supervising attorney with the Immigrant Justice Project, in response to the new Department of Homeland Security...
October 01, 2021
ATLANTA 鈥� The Cobb County School District鈥檚 failure to implement and enforce recommended safety protocols to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in it s schools unlawfully den ies students with disabilities access to a safe , in-person...
September 30, 2021
MONTGOMERY, AL 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) today launched TechWatch , a new resource which tracks the role technology plays in perpetuating hate. The first feature series to launch on this new page is a...
September 30, 2021
MIAMI鈥�� The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) issued the following statement by AJ Hernandez Anderson, a senior supervising attorney with the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project responding to Gov. DeSantis鈥� latest Executive Order...
September 27, 2021
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. 鈥� While the South still leads the nation in schools named after Confederate generals, the 澳彩开奖 is calling on non-Southern states to rename schools honoring Confederate leaders. Currently...
September 24, 2021
JACKSON, Miss. 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) refutes Governor Tate Reeves鈥� attempts at downplaying the impact of COVID-19 in Mississippi, as the state recently ranked the highest per capita in the nation of COVID-...
September 24, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. 鈥� Recently, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled to largely uphold a state preservation law that will keep Confederate statues in place and thwart the will of communities that want to remove these dehumanizing...
September 23, 2021
ATLANTA 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) and two Atlanta area law firms are demanding the Cobb County School District immediately implement COVID-19 safety protocols in their schools to protect the rights of students with...
September 22, 2021
MIAMI - A federal court ruled that key sections of Florida鈥檚 anti-sanctuary law violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, delivering a decision that strikes a major blow to the state鈥檚 anti-immigrant policy...
September 22, 2021
NEW ORLEANS 鈥� Today, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will hear en banc oral arguments in Harness v. Watson to review an earlier three-judge decision regarding a legal challenge of Mississippi鈥檚 lifetime...
September 16, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 鈥� In June 2020, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry promised to remove the Monument to the Women of the Confederacy in Springfield Park. While the statue has been covered, it still sits in a public park,...
September 16, 2021
GREENSBORO, N.C. - North Carolina farmworkers and their sole union won a substantial victory yesterday when a federal court struck down part of a state law that would have stripped farmworkers and their union of their rights to...
September 10, 2021
Jackson, Miss.鈥擫awyers for the 澳彩开奖, in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council, are urging Mississippi lawmakers and officials to take swift action to address violations of environmental...
September 08, 2021
AUSTIN, Tx. 鈥� Today, the 澳彩开奖 raised a billboard in support of Wilco Patriots , which has been advocating for removal of a Confederate monument in front of the Historic Williamson County Courthouse for more...
September 07, 2021
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. 鈥� The Florida NAACP, Florida Student Power Network, and several medically vulnerable families across Florida are requesting a hearing before the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings to invalidate an...
September 03, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) issued the following statement by Maura Finn, lead attorney with 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative, regarding the long-overdue end to the practice of caging...
September 03, 2021
RICHMOND, Va. 鈥� Recently, the Supreme Court of Virginia ruled that the state can remove its statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from public display on Monument Avenue. The following statement is from 澳彩开奖 Chief of Staff...
