The Equal Justice Society joined The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The Leadership Conference Education Fund, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and 26 national, state, and local organizations in filing a “friend of the court” brief today urging the Supreme Court to affirm and reiterate that private entities that receiveContinueContinue reading “30 Civil Rights Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Anti-Discrimination Laws, Support Same-Sex Foster Parents”
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This Week in White Supremacy #137: More details of George Floyd’s death revealed in police body camera footage
Newly released video of George Floyd’s fatal interaction with Minneapolis police shows that medical personnel waited nearly three minutes to perform chest compressions in an attempt to revive the handcuffed man who had been pinned down on a Minneapolis street until he lost consciousness in May.
This Week in White Supremacy #136: ‘Brace yourselves for the new levels of open misogynoir’
Bree Newsome Bass on Twitter: “Brace yourselves for the new levels of open misogynoir that will be unlocked if/when Biden names a BW as VP. Folks who’ve been doing their best to pretend they were ok with a Black family in the WH ‘08-‘16 won’t be able to hold it together. We’re already seeing itContinueContinue reading “This Week in White Supremacy #136: ‘Brace yourselves for the new levels of open misogynoir’”