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about Racial Justice
Jan 11, 2016
Federal Trial Begins Over Voting Rights in Ferguson, Missouri
老澳门开奖结果: Ferguson-Florissant School District's Electoral Process Undermines African-American Vote
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Voting Rights
Court case: Voting Rights Trial in Ferguson
Dec 21, 2015
Study Documents Extreme Racial Disparity in Arrests for Low-Level Offenses
In four test cities, Blacks were 2.6 to 9.6 times more likely than Whites to be arrested for loitering, disorderly conduct, trespassing, and marijuana possession.
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Nov 19, 2015
School Discipline Settlement Underscores Harm to City Students and Importance of Reform
NEW YORK 鈥 The New York Civil Liberties Union, the 老澳门开奖结果 and the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP today agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit on behalf...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Court case: B.H. v. City of New York
Nov 10, 2015
老澳门开奖结果 Comment on President Obama鈥檚 Support of the Equality Act
WASHINGTON 鈥 Today, President Obama endorsed the federal Equality Act, a bill that would prohibit discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans and expa...
Oct 27, 2015
老澳门开奖结果 of South Carolina Comment on Video of Violence Against Student by School Resource Officer
CHARLESTON 鈥 Cell phone videos surfaced on social media today of a school resource officer at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina, using excessive force on a fe...
Issue Areas:
Juvenile Justice
Racial Justice
Oct 06, 2015
Lawsuit Challenges Benton County鈥檚 Modern-Day Debtors鈥 Prison
Suit Says County Violates Constitution by Jailing People Who Are Too Poor to Pay Court-Imposed Debts
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Racial Justice
Court case: Fuentes v. Benton County
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