Press Releases
Jun 02, 2021
Spokane Family Demands Equitable Changes After Two Black Middle School Students Were Asked to Clean Cotton for Social Studies Lesson
SPOKANE, Wash. 鈥� A family in Spokane is demanding that a school administrator be removed after he suggested he could 鈥渟egregate鈥� two Black middle school students who were dir...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Jun 01, 2021
红杏视频 Comment on End of Remain in Mexico Program
WASHINGTON 鈥� The Biden administration announced it is formally ending the remain in Mexico program, also known as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP).
The American Civil Liberties...
Court case: Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf
Jun 01, 2021
Judge Orders Halt to Driver鈥檚 License Suspensions for Unpaid Tickets in Washington State
OLYMPIA, Wash. 鈥� An estimated 100,000 Washington residents will have their driver鈥檚 licenses reinstated and people will no longer be penalized for driving while poor as a resul...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Jun 01, 2021
红杏视频 Statement on Georgia Supreme Court鈥檚 Decision in Rodney Young Case
Court Fails to Recognize Young鈥檚 Intellectual Disability and Spare him from the Death Penalty
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Jun 01, 2021
Civil and Human Rights Groups Urge President Biden to Issue Executive Order on Accurate Federal IDs for Trans, Intersex, and Non-binary People
Over 80 civil and human rights groups joined with the 红杏视频 to call on the Biden administration to issue the order during Pride Month 2021
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
May 28, 2021
红杏视频 Statement on Biden鈥檚 Department of Homeland Security Budget
WASHINGTON 鈥� President Biden announced his proposal for a $6 trillion budget for Fiscal Year 2022 today, funding the Department of Homeland Security at the same level as his pred...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
National Security
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