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November 6, 2026
On Thursday, October 15, 2026, 500 friends, supporters, movement partners, and staff of the Center for Constitutional Rights gathered in Brooklyn, NY for A Splendid Body of Tigerish People: 60 Years of CCR. (Fun fact : The phrase "a splendid body of tigerish people" is a quote attributed to radical journalist Alexander Cockburn, who wrote it to describe our organization’s staff, donors, and movement partners.) At the event, many tigerish people celebrated six decades of working side by side with communities standing up to oppression and struggling for liberation. Sixty years of fighting for...
July 10, 2017
This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
July 3, 2017
This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
June 26, 2017
This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
Banner: T.P.S. for Haitians please
June 7, 2017
Secretary John Kelly’s May 22 announcement that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will extend Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for only six months rather than the usual 18...
Raise Your Hand!
June 6, 2017
In 2014, as the Black Lives Matter movement exploded across the news, some interpreted police killings and repression of protests as a new rash of violence against communities of color. But, to quote...
Palestine flag
June 5, 2017
This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
the hold
May 23, 2017
To mark the 23rd of the month, invoking the 23 hours per day that prisoners spend isolated in special housing units, activists throughout California are taking action to bring attention to prison...
Illustration by John Ritter, courtesy Harper’s
May 22, 2017
Illustration by John Ritter, courtesy Harper’s This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out...
A Brian Tarallo real-time illustration of Vince Warren and Noor Zafar's oral presentation
May 12, 2017
Last week in Virginia, CCR Executive Director Vince Warren and Bertha Justice Fellow Noor Zafar had their words illustrated in real time at a profoundly moving gathering organized by a CCR supporter.
activist mama
May 12, 2017
This coming Sunday marks Mother’s Day, a holiday with roots in the post-Civil War burgeoning feminist and pacifist movements in the U.S. In its modern incarnation, Mother’s Day has become a more...