by Ian Weiner | Aug 26, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — Then-President Trump, following his loss in the 2020 presidential election, worked with white supremacists, violent extremist groups, and campaign supporters to violate the Ku Klux Klan Act, and commit acts of domestic terrorism in an unlawful...
by Ian Weiner | Aug 24, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — The U.S. House of Representatives passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Tuesday. The legislation will revive a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, which was immobilized in the disastrous 2013 U.S. Supreme Court Shelby County v....
by Ian Weiner | Aug 24, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a $5 million fine against Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, two individuals who made 85,000 robocalls targeting Black Americans in the lead-up to Election 2020 in an attempt to scare and...
by Ian Weiner | Aug 17, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) introduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, transformative legislation that will restore the full protections of the Voting Rights Act and help an untold...
by Ian Weiner | Aug 13, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced a memorandum of understanding Thursday agreeing to increase enforcement of fair housing and fair lending, a step in the right...
