Press Releases
Dec 07, 2018
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Comment on Nomination of Barr to be Attorney General
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced this morning that William P. Barr will be put forward as attorney general.
Faiz Shakir, ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ national po...
Dec 03, 2018
Federal Lawsuit Challenges Florida Sheriff Over ICE Collaboration
KEY WEST, Fla. — The ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ, ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ of Florida, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of ...
Nov 30, 2018
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Wins Change of Charleston Schools’ Policy That Discriminated Against Pregnant Workers and New Mothers
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ and the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ of South Carolina have settled a federal pregnancy discrimination case against the Charleston County School Dis...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Nov 29, 2018
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ, ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ of Florida, NAACP-LDF File Complaint Against Discriminatory Hair Policies in Florida Schools
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ, the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ of Florida, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today filed an administrative complaint ...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Nov 29, 2018
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Joins Appeal Against Emergency Services Provider for Discriminating Against Pregnant EMT
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ, the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ of Alabama, and Birmingham attorney Heather Leonard filed a federal court appeal in a pregnancy discrimination ca...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Nov 29, 2018
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Sues CIA to Find Body of Torture Victim
Twin Lawsuits Demand CIA Come Clean ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Efforts to Cover up Agency’s Crimes
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