by Ian Weiner | Apr 16, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Residents in the Chesapeake Detention Facility (CDF) in downtown Baltimore, will now have safer and humane protections from COVID-19 outbreaks after over a year of CDF and Maryland public officials refusing to enact them, thanks to a...
by Natasha Mundkur | Apr 13, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge advanced a proposal Tuesday to reinstate the Department’s 2013 disparate impact rule, as well as an interim final rule that would reassert the federal government’s commitment to affirmatively...
by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Apr 9, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church achieved a significant victory in an initial phase of its lawsuit against members of the Proud Boys, a violent all-male group with ties to white nationalism, and their leader Enrique Tarrio,...
by Natasha Mundkur | Apr 9, 2021 | Blog, Press Releases
Evictions and limited housing access can affect a renter’s housing options for the rest of their life, especially during a pandemic. While the number of evictions in Minnesota has marginally decreased, close to 16,000 evictions are filed across the state every year....
by Ian Weiner | Apr 7, 2021 | Press Releases
A Fresno law enforcement officer, who was an avowed local leader of the Proud Boys until recently, must be removed and an independent investigation into bigoted extremism in the department must be conducted, a letter sent to the Fresno police chief and other elected...
by Don Owens | Apr 6, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law announced today that it has received a $500,000 grant from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to support our work to strengthen democracy for all, specifically our work to fight online misinformation and...
