Wednesday, August 14, 2019 | news
Five years ago, a Ferguson police officer killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, and the nation turned its attention to the deeply entrenched racism that infected the Ferguson Police Department, municipal courts and city management. Though Brown’s death was one of many injustices the Ferguson community experienced at the hands of police, Ferguson police’s […]
Monday, December 4, 2017 | news
Next week’s oral argument in Masterpiece Cakeshop involves a familiar story: Three customers walk into a small business that sells specialty foods. The owner is said to be an “artist” for his unique culinary skills and believes his religious convictions imbue his work. The owner turns the customers away entirely or denies them access to the full […]
Monday, August 20, 2018 | news
By: Jin Hee Lee Source: Time Magazine I am proud to be an Asian American woman of Korean descent. But sadly, I did not always feel this way. For most of my childhood, I was embarrassed by my appearance, my name, my food — anything that made me different from everyone else in my […]
Monday, August 12, 2019 | news
It is an ugly time in America. The recent horrific acts of domestic terrorism have many Americans rethinking going to the local shopping center, the county fair, or out to dinner, lest we be shot and killed in a hail of gunfire, as was the fate of the 22 people killed in a Wal-Mart in El Paso […]
Tuesday, November 28, 2017 | news
As most Americans celebrated with their families over the Thanksgiving holiday, they likely missed the three-year anniversary of Tamir Rice’s senseless killing at the hands of police for playing with a toy gun in Cleveland, Ohio. Each time the anniversary passes, I can’t help but think of my own son, who was 11 and as […]
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 | news
Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson joins Hardball with Chris Matthews to discuss Judge Kavanaugh’s upcoming confirmation vote.
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 | news
Democracy costs. To be sustained, it requires time, deliberation and constant vigilance. These costs are high enough. But some states are manufacturing additional costs to undermine our democracy. Texas’ dogged defense of its racially discriminatory voter ID law is a prime example. For the fourth time in three years, a federal court has declared Texas’s […]
Friday, February 28, 2020 | news
Source: Essence “These challenges and victories of the past decade — and the broader history of the struggle for racial justice in America — illustrate that we must hold fast to the belief that justice is achievable, even when the odds seem impossible and norms are pressure-tested. In those instances, it is especially necessary to […]
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 | news
How’s this for an axiom that is especially self-evident: An elected official should not oversee an election in which he is a candidate. Tell that to Georgia gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp, who is also the Georgia secretary of state and whose major responsibility is overseeing Georgia’s elections, including maintaining voter registration lists and certifying election results. […]
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 | news
With Election Day just a week away, elected officials should be urging Americans to get out and vote and paving the way for them to exercise this fundamental right. Instead, far too many have done just the opposite, erecting barriers to the ballot and intimidating voters. If you want to understand the threats facing equal […]
