The Equal Justice Society is part of this coalition. We'd like to invite your organization to join a call Thursday March 22nd at 1:30pm EST to hear an update on ongoing work to defend our democracy and the efforts to get to the truth about the Trump campaign's potential illegal activity during the 2016 campaign … Continue reading Want to Help Save Our Fragile Democracy? Join a National Call on Thursday, March 22.
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How to Get Away With Murder: Olivia Pope, Annalise Keating, and the Equal Protection Clause
Last Friday was a trying day. My friend Bob Demmons, one of the plaintiffs in the SF Fire Department desegregation case from the 1980s and former Chief of the SFFD, buried his 50-year-old son that day. The funeral was beyond sad. As we know, burying one’s child is not the natural order of life. It … Continue reading How to Get Away With Murder: Olivia Pope, Annalise Keating, and the Equal Protection Clause
Antioch school district must face trial on agreement to remedy bias against Black students
Read an article about this in the East Bay Times. A state court has rejected the Antioch Unified School District’s (AUSD’s) attempt to renege on an agreement made with the East County NAACP to address federal civil rights and disability rights violations against African American students. AUSD agreed in March 2015 to retain experts to … Continue reading Antioch school district must face trial on agreement to remedy bias against Black students
Race & Inequality in America: The Kerner Commission at 50 Conference
This is a conference organized by the UC Berkeley’s Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society. EJS is proud to help spread the word about this event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwTBTDhe1MA More than 30 high-profile figures, including President Obama’s housing secretary, a former US senator, and the mayor of New Orleans, are set to participate in a … Continue reading Race & Inequality in America: The Kerner Commission at 50 Conference
Trumpism and ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’
Katy Tur was on MSNBC last week talking about the fact that many people in the White House knew that a wife batterer was in their midst in a position of authority. Many in the White House stayed silent. We have all read tales of Donald J. Trump’s misogyny. “Grab them by the ……” In … Continue reading Trumpism and ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’
Our 2018 elections are still vulnerable
We're seeing lots of headlines on election cybersecurity this week after Rex Tillerson, CIA Director Mike Pompeo, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, and this morning, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper continued to raise the alarm about the vulnerability of the 2018 elections to outside influence and hacking. Unfortunately when it comes to … Continue reading Our 2018 elections are still vulnerable
Are We Listening To Our Consciences About Deportations?
“If you want to know what you would have done in the early days of the Nazi regime, look at what you are doing now.” Those words from a tweet have haunted me since I read them early in the days of Trump and Trumpism. I gave a speech to the Anti-Defamation League and did … Continue reading Are We Listening To Our Consciences About Deportations?
Help stop Trump judicial nominee with history of suppressing the Black vote
From our friends at LDF: [Thomas Farr's] career is characterized by his continual efforts to advance and codify racism in North Carolina. From approving racially discriminatory materials to intimidate Black voters on behalf of the Jesse Helms for Senate Campaign, to fiercely fighting for laws that disenfranchise and weaken opportunities for people of color, Farr’s … Continue reading Help stop Trump judicial nominee with history of suppressing the Black vote