Extremist Supreme Court Reverses Roe v. Wade June 28, 2022“An Authoritarian Jurisprudence of Violence and Control”
The Center for Constitutional Rights Reacts to the Extremist Supreme Court’s Lawless Reversal of Roe v. WadeJune 24, 2022“An Authoritarian Jurisprudence of Violence and Control”
Jean Entine, Presente!June 23, 2022By Marjorie FineA tribute to social justice champion and beloved board member
Rep. Grijalva visits The Descendants Project and Cancer AlleyJune 21, 2022The two-day visit was part of a community-input process for the Environmental Justice For All Act
Louisiana Man Convicted by Unconstitutional Jury is Released on Parole after 31 years in Angola Prison June 13, 2022Rufus Henry was convicted by a "Jim Crow Jury"
Ready to Join Us in Washington on June 18th?June 7, 2022We are proud to invite you to join the Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March
Join us for "Unjust By Design: Criminal Legal System"June 1, 2022We are proud to present the next installment in By Design, our Spring/Summer 2022 Freedom Flicks Film Series
Descendants of enslaved people ask Louisiana court to stop “pre-construction” on land likely containing ancestral graves May 24, 2022A Denver-based company is seeking to build a massive grain terminal in Wallace, a historic Black community in "Cancer Allley"
News: NYPD Continues to Underreport Use of Stop and FriskMay 16, 2022The monitor in our landmark stop-and-frisk case has issued another report
News: Non-unanimous jury verdicts are a vestige of slavery and should be overturnedMay 11, 2022Jim Crow juries helped Louisiana reproduce a system of white domination following the Civil War
Ruling: Residents of Historic Black Community in Louisiana Will Get Day in Court in Challenge to Rezoning OrdinanceMay 2, 2022The Descendants Project is trying to prevent construction of a massive grain terminal
Afghan Groups Challenge Effort to Seize Billions from the Central Bank of AfghanistanApril 25, 2022Money belongs to the people of Afghanistan, groups say in legal brief
News: Lawsuit Challenging “Death by Incarceration” goes before Pennsylvania Supreme CourtApril 18, 2022The first case of its kind in the country, it seeks an end to the ban on parole for felony murder
Brooklyn Shooting Highlights the Need for AbolitionApril 14, 2022By Lexi WebsterMore police is precisely the wrong responsebrooklyn shooting, sunset park, gun violence, abolition
Join us in court! Oral Argument in Death-By-Incareration CaseApril 12, 2022Four people are challenging Pennsylvania's lifetime ban on parole for "felony murder."
Congratulations, Justice Jackson April 12, 2022Welcome the first Black woman on the Supreme Court in its 232-year history
Honoring Our Client Ashley Diamond on this Trans Day of Visibility April 6, 2022She's seeking transfer from a men's prison, where she remains a target of violence.
“The Activist Files” Podcast — We've Always Been Here: The Radical Spirit of Black Abolitionist FeminismsMarch 28, 2022Advocacy associate maya finoh speaks with Andrea Ritchie, an attorney, author, and organizer
Breaking the LockMarch 21, 2022Unveiling a new open records resource to combat police surveillance of activists
Finally! Mentally ill torture survivor imprisoned at Guantánamo since 2002 is sent homeMarch 14, 2022Finally! Mentally ill torture survivor imprisoned at Guantánamo since 2002 is sent home Last week, Mohammed al-Qahtani , held at Guantánamo since 2002, arrived in Saudi Arabia, where he will receive...
But Some of Us Are Brave: Honoring Black Feminist Resistance to Patriarchal ViolenceMarch 7, 2022This Women’s History Month, we are disrupting oppressive white and cisgender narratives about womanhood
