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 receiveContinue reading "30 Civil Rights Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Anti-Discrimination Laws, Support Same-Sex Foster Parents"
EJS 20th Anniversary – Reflecting on 2016: President Obama’s Final Year and the Presidential Election
This week we remember 2016, the final year of President Barack Obama, and the presidential election that saw the horrific rise of hate speech and vitriolic politics.
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.