Dana Rasso is the Digital Engagement Manager at the Center for Constitutional Rights. She is responsible for overseeing CCR’s social media strategy and implementation. Prior to coming to the Center,...
August 2, 2016Outgoing NYPD Commissioner William Bratton got high marks Tuesday from his law enforcement colleagues, but mixed reviews from civil liberties and civil rights activists. “Commissioner Bratton leaves...
August 2, 2016A flood of predictable reactions — from police and protest circles — greeted the announcement Tuesday that New York Police Commissioner William J. Bratton is leaving the post in September. The 68-...
New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton has announced he is resigning next month. Bratton was a lead advocate of the so-called broken windows theory that called for officers to crack down...
Updated: October 24, 2016
August 3, 2016Recent weeks have seen courts around the country rejecting and raising concerns about voting laws that seek to keep people of color (especially Black people), low-income people, and other...
August 4, 2016, Cincinnati – Today, civil rights attorneys urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to reinstate claims that Michigan’s emergency manager law violates the Voting Rights...
August 4, 2016 New York – In response to reports that some members of the New York State Assembly plan to introduce a “Blue Lives Matter” bill today to add police to the groups covered under existing...
July 27, 2016A board reviewing the status of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay has decided against releasing a Saudi who U.S. authorities believe narrowly avoided becoming one of the hijackers in the Sept. 11, 2001,...
August 1, 2016Green Party presumptive Presidential nominee Jill Stein has offered her vice-presidential bid to international human rights scholar and activist Ajamu Baraka. “I am honored and excited to announce...
August 2, 2016Jill Stein, the Green Party’s presumptive presidential nominee , has chosen human rights activist Ajamu Baraka as her running mate. Baraka was founding executive director of the U.S. Human Rights...
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