This will be the last edition of This Week in White Supremacy, at least in this format. The end of the TWIWS newsletter does not mean we see the decline of white supremacy on the horizon. The Equal Justice Society remains passionately committed to fighting white supremacy and calling out racism, even when it's coming from our allies.
EJS Among 70 Groups Urging House to Vote Immediately to Impeach President Trump
The Equal Justice Society was one of 70 organizations that sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives today urging Members to vote immediately to impeach President Trump for creating and inciting January 6th’s violent mob attack at the Capitol. The letter urged that Trump be removed from office and barred from ever serving in public office again.
Coalition to Next AG: Establish Task Force to Investigate Potential Crimes by Trump and Associates
EJS is part of a coalition led by Free Speech For People that today sent a letter to Attorney General-Designate Garland urging him to establish an independent task force to investigate any potential federal criminal or civil violations that may have been committed by President Trump, members of his administration, or his campaign, business, or other associates.
Happy Holidays from the Equal Justice Society!
The Equal Justice Society will be closed for the holidays from 5:00 p.m. on December 18, 2020, through January 3, 2021. We will resume operations on Monday, January 4, 2021.
EJS Joins Call for a Justice Department Committed to Civil Rights Enforcement
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, along with the Equal Justice Society and 75 other groups, today issued the following statement on the need for President-elect Joe Biden to name an attorney general of the United States and other senior leadership of the U.S. Department of Justice who have strong records with regard to civil rights enforcement and justice reform.
This Week in White Supremacy #150: Final Edition
This will be the last edition of This Week in White Supremacy, at least in this format. The end of the TWIWS newsletter does not mean we see the decline of white supremacy on the horizon. The Equal Justice Society remains passionately committed to fighting white supremacy and calling out racism, even when it's coming from our allies.
EJS Says Farewell to Chris Bridges
The Equal Justice Society bids a sad farewell to our beloved colleague Chris Bridges who departs EJS to join the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights as Program Counsel. We are so proud and excited for Chris even as we’re saddened by his departure but express our deepest thanks to him for his many contributions and accomplishments!
This Week in White Supremacy #149: How Black women organized voters to secure Joe Biden’s victory
In the minutes following the announcement that only one officer would be indicted – for wanton endangerment for firing into an apartment next door to Taylor’s – a quiet, stunned sadness and simmering anger overtook Louisville’s Jefferson Square Park, the epicenter of protests which has been dubbed Injustice Square Park.