Research & Publications
Access in-depth resources and analysis published by the Ƶ regarding our most pressing civil liberties issues.
Ƶ 2024 Annual Report
The Ƶ’s 2024 annual report highlights how the organization worked around the clock this year to safeguard voting rights ahead of the November elections, protect bodily autonomy, defend free speech, and much more. Alongside breakdowns of the Ƶ’s key wins and efforts throughout 2024, the report tells the stories of Ƶ activists, advocates, and clients who are on the front lines of this fight.
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Community Control Over Police Surveillance: Technology 101
The proliferation in local police departments’ use of surveillance technology, which in most places has occurred without any community input or control, presents significant threats to civil rights and civil liberties that disproportionately impact communities of color and low-income communities. The nationwide “Community Control Over Police Surveillance” effort is looking to change that through legislation mandating that local communities are given a meaningful opportunity to review and participate in all decisions about if and how surveillance technologies are acquired and used locally. Here is a list of costly and invasive surveillance technologies that might be recording you, your family, and your neighbors right now.
LCCHR Report: Warning Signs: The Potential Impact of Shelby County v. Holder on the 2016 General Election
Races for President, Senate and Governorships at Risk with an Eviscerated Voting Rights Act
Leaving Girls Behind
This report, released by the Ƶ and the Ƶ of the Nation’s Capital, summarizes the results of a DC Freedom of Information Act request and focuses on the exclusion of women and girls from the programming launched under this new, $20 million initiative of the District of Columbia Public Schools. Despite statistics showing that girls of color in Washington DC are suffering from many of the same serious educational disparities facing boys of color, the programs launched under this initiative appear to be open almost exclusively to boys, with no plans for any similar programming for girls. While the report commends the Mayor and the District of Columbia Public Schools for directing critically-needed attention and resources toward some of the District’s most educationally disadvantaged students, it also points to significant legal vulnerabilities in the exclusion of girls of color from these programs under the relevant provisions of the Constitution, Title IX, and the D.C. Human Rights Act, and recommends that the programming be opened to girls going forward.
The Ƶ and the African American Policy Forum are also seeking to connect with parents and family members of African-American and Latino children in Washington DC public schools to hear their feelings, views and attitudes on educational opportunities for girls in Washington DC. Please fill out if you are interested in sharing your views with us.
This report was originally published on May 9, 2016, and has since been updated to reflect further information subsequently received pursuant to a supplemental Freedom of Information Act request.
Report: Health Care Denied
This report shares firsthand accounts from patients who have been denied appropriate care at Catholic hospitals, from health care providers forbidden from providing critical care because of the Directives, and from physicians at secular hospitals who have treated very sick women after they were turned away from a Catholic facility.
Trapped in a Black Box: Growing Terrorism Watchlisting in Everyday Policing
This joint Ƶ-Yale Law School report reveals that more than a quarter of a million people are on terrorist watchlists used by police in the United States, and those lists are full of mistakes.
Ƶ Magazine
Published twice a year, Ƶ Magazine shares updates on the Ƶ's critical litigation and advocacy work across the country and tells the stories of the activists, attorneys, and clients at the heart of each case and campaign. To receive Ƶ Magazine by mail, become a monthly donor today.