Join us for First Wednesday on December 2nd, where we will highlight the victories of this year, discuss how CCR's wide-ranging work is connected, and take a moment to celebrate before...
Updated: December 7, 2015
October 2, 2015The United States government moved to dismiss a lawsuit brought on behalf of Yemenis killed by a U.S. drone strike, arguing U.S. courts do not have the power to review “national security” or “foreign...
November 17, 2015Last week’s terrorist attacks in Beirut and Paris left 172 people dead, hundreds more injured, and the world reeling in grief and recoiling in horror. The carnage in Beirut drew little Western media...
Please join CCR and our partners in Chicago for a Tea Engagement , part of the Tea Project , an ongoing series of exhibitions and performances that offers counter-narratives to disrupt the...
Updated: March 28, 2016
Please join CCR and our partners in Chicago for a Tea Engagement , part of the Tea Project , an ongoing series of exhibitions and performances that offers counter-narratives to...
Updated: April 6, 2016
May 11, 2016It is with a very heavy heart that we write to tell you of a great loss to our family. Today, we lost one of the great social justice warriors of our time, Michael Ratner. In July 2015, Michael fell...
Please join us for an evening honoring the remarkable life and legacy of CCR President Emeritus Michael Ratner (1943–2016). Doors open at 6:30 PM. Please register : the event is free, but space may...
Updated: June 8, 2016
July 1, 2016“The U.S. government’s estimate of civilian casualties is misleading at best and, at worst, a distortion of the reality on the ground,” said Omar Shakir, a legal expert who has extensively studied...
September 27, 2016In the days after the 9/11 attacks, Congress was asked to give President Bush the authority to use the military “to deter and preempt any future acts of terrorism or aggression against the United...
November 15, 2016...When Ben and I returned to New York, we worked with Pardiss Kebriaei and Maria LaHood at the Center for Constitutional Rights to develop a challenge to the lawfulness of the government’s kill...
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