Press Releases
May 05, 2016
New Report Reveals 1 in 6 U.S. Hospital Beds Are in Catholic Facilities That Prohibit Essential Health Care for Women
Women Who Have Been Denied Medically Necessary Health Care at Catholic Hospitals Speak Out
May 05, 2016
Alabama Passes Two Abortion Bills to Severely Restrict Access Statewide
New Rules Would Shut Down Clinics and Ban Proven Medical Procedure
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
May 04, 2016
U.S. Justice Department: North Carolina’s HB2 Violates Civil Rights Act
RALEIGH, N.C. – The U.S. Department of Justice today notified North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory that HB 2, the sweeping anti-LGBT law that prevents transgender students, employees,...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Carcaño, et al. v. Cooper, et al
May 04, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Comment on Oxford, Alabama Anti-LGBT Ordinance
The city council in Oxford, Alabama will meet later today to discuss its restroom ordinance — perhaps the most extreme in the country — and will hopefully vote to repeal it. Wh...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Apr 26, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and Southern Coalition for Social Justice Will Appeal Ruling in North Carolina Voting Lawsuit
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and Southern Coalition for Social Justice will appeal last night's federal trial court ruling upholding provisions of Nor...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Apr 25, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and Southern Coalition for Social Justice Condemn Ruling in North Carolina Voting Lawsuit
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and Southern Coalition for Social Justice condemned today's federal court ruling upholding provisions of North Carolina's ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
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U.S. Supreme CourtNov 2025
National Security
Trump V. Illinois. Explore Case.Trump v. Illinois
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Illinois and other free speech organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Supreme Court in Trump v. Illinois, the state’s lawsuit challenging President Trump’s attempt to federalize National Guard troops and deploy them into Chicago and surrounding counties. The case is at the Supreme Court on the Trump administration’s emergency application seeking to stay or temporarily lift the lower courts’ orders blocking the deployment. -
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Civil Liberties
Defending Veterans’ Rights For Over A Century. Explore News & Commentary.Defending Veterans’ Rights for Over a Century
This Veterans Day, we renew our commitment to ensuring that the rights of those who serve are honored and protected. -
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Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
There’s Only One State That Is Asking The Right Questions ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Digital Identity. Explore News & Commentary.There’s Only One State That is Asking the Right Questions ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Digital Identity
A digital ID system involves value-laden choices that should be made through explicit political discussion and debate -
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Immigrants' Rights
Border Patrol Agents Replace Top Leadership At Ice Offices Despite Human Rights Violations. Explore News & Commentary.Border Patrol Agents Replace Top Leadership at ICE Offices Despite Human Rights Violations
As immigration enforcement expands nationwide, the Trump administration is replacing nearly half of top leaders at ICE field offices across the country with Border Patrol, an agency long criticized for its culture of cruelty and lack of accountability.