December 19, 2019...In the 1800s, the sugar cane field was a plantation. Documents show it was once owned by a man named Benjamin Winchester. Hundreds of enslaved workers were buried there. “It’s sacred ground. That’...
December 19, 2019... Residents in St James expressed frustration that Formosa did not notify community members about the discovery of the sites, particularly before the parish council approved permits in December...
Litigation Represents Broadest Challenge to Government’s Attempt to Redefine Longstanding Definition of “Public Charge” December 19, 2019, New York– Today, immigrant rights advocates in New York...
December 19, 2019...Already, federal district courts in New York, California, Washington state, Illinois and Maryland have issued injunctions blocking the Department of Homeland Security from enforcing its new rules...
On Episode 21 of "The Activist Files," Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Staff Attorney Darius Charney speaks with Anthonine Pierre of the Brooklyn Movement Center and Marielle Shavonne Smith...
Updated: December 19, 2019
December 19, 2019...The activists, who feel they’ve already been lied to, think there might be even more unmarked graves on the land Formosa wants to develop — and that the company might still be hiding the extent of...
December 20, 2019... The federal district courts in New York, California, Washington state, Illinois, and Maryland have already issued injunctions blocking the Department of Homeland Security from enforcing its new...
Letters Raise Alarming New Information about Cancer Risks, Company’s Failure to Protect Residents and Alert Parish About Burial Grounds of Enslaved People December 23, 2019, St. James, LA – Today,...
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights and our allies to mark the 18th anniversary of the opening of the Guantánamo Bay prison. We will rally together to demand the closure of the prison...
Updated: January 8, 2020
December 23, 2019A proposed Louisiana chemical plant may be building on the graves of formerly enslaved people. We're saying "no." [caption align="right"] [/caption] RISE St. James, a faith-based grassroots community...
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