Press Releases
Nov 04, 2015
Houston Fails to Affirm Non-Discrimination Ordinance
NEW YORK — Houston voters last night failed to affirm an ordinance that would have secured much-needed protections from discrimination for the people of the fourth largest city i...
Nov 02, 2015
U.S. Department of Education stands with high school student who is transgender
U.S. Department of Education finds that Palatine District 211’s denial of gender-appropriate changing facilities violates Title IX
Nov 02, 2015
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Comment on President Obama’s Actions to Promote Rehabilitation and Reintegration for the Formerly Incarcerated
NEW YORK — In response to President Obama’s actions meant to help Americans who have paid their debts to society, Jeffery Robinson, deputy legal director of the American Civil ...
Oct 29, 2015
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Comment on Immigration Bond Hearing Ruling
PASADENA, Calif. — A federal appeals court has affirmed and expanded its prior ruling that immigrants in prolonged detention receive a bond hearing. The Ninth Circuit Court of Ap...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Rodriguez, et al. v. Robbins, et al.
Oct 27, 2015
New Report Examines Why Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence Don’t Call the Police
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û, CUNY School of Law, and University of Miami School of Law Release Findings of Gender-Biased Policing Survey
Oct 27, 2015
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of South Carolina Comment on Video of Violence Against Student by School Resource Officer
CHARLESTON – 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
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