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Dec 21, 2015
Study Documents Extreme Racial Disparity in Arrests for Low-Level Offenses
In four test cities, Blacks were 2.6 to 9.6 times more likely than Whites to be arrested for loitering, disorderly conduct, trespassing, and marijuana possession.
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform Racial Justice
Nov 19, 2015
School Discipline Settlement Underscores Harm to City Students and Importance of Reform
NEW YORK — The New York Civil Liberties Union, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP today agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit on behalf...
Issue Areas: Racial Justice
Court case: B.H. v. City of New York
Nov 10, 2015
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Comment on President Obama’s Support of the Equality Act
WASHINGTON — Today, President Obama endorsed the federal Equality Act, a bill that would prohibit discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans and expa...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Women's Rights Racial Justice
Oct 27, 2015
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of South Carolina Comment on Video of Violence Against Student by School Resource Officer
CHARLESTON – Cell phone videos surfaced on social media today of a school resource officer at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina, using excessive force on a fe...
Issue Areas: Juvenile Justice Racial Justice
Oct 06, 2015
Lawsuit Challenges Benton County’s Modern-Day Debtors’ Prison
Suit Says County Violates Constitution by Jailing People Who Are Too Poor to Pay Court-Imposed Debts
Issue Areas: Smart Justice Racial Justice
Court case: Fuentes v. Benton County
Sep 30, 2015
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Comment on Education Secretary's Call to Invest in Teachers Instead of Prisons
WASHINGTON — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan gave a speech at the National Press Club calling upon the country to invest in teachers instead of prisons. He said it was time ...
Issue Areas: Racial Justice
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