December 5, 2023Board member and Jackson resident Makani Themba spoke at a convening for the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism
December 6, 2023...ON NOVEMBER 13TH, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)—a left-wing legal advocacy organization— filed a federal lawsuit alleging that United States President Joe Biden, Secretary of State...
December 6, 2023...Rise St. James, Inclusive Louisiana and Mt. Triumph Baptist Church of Chatman Town filed the lawsuit in March. The lawsuit called for the state’s first ban on new petrochemical plants to halt a...
Join Scholars for Social Justice on Thursday, December 14, from 2 - 3:30 p.m. for a virtual conversation between scholar-activists and movement-builders. As we continue to stand with the movement for...
Updated: December 12, 2023
December 12, 2023An expansive, non-Western view of human rights is a necessity.
December 21, 2023...Samah Sisay, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights and spokesperson for Communities United for Police Reform, said stops are trending toward an all-time high since 2015. She said a...
December 21, 2023...The policy blunted the technology’s potential for accountability in other ways. Officers could decide when to start filming, instead of at the beginning of all interactions as the public wanted...
December 21, 2023...The How Many Stops Act attracted the support of police reform and advocacy organizations like Communities United for Police Reform and the Center for Constitutional Rights, while the solitary...
December 21, 2023..."The repression itself is not unprecedented, but the level and scale feel like nothing we have had to face before. Those particularly working in the legal response to this crackdown have noted...
January 11, 2024, marks 22 years since the Guantánamo Bay prison has been open. Thirty Muslim men remain detained, including 16 who have been cleared for release. The Center for Constitutional...
Updated: December 26, 2023
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