In Fall 2013, Professor Steven Salaita accepted a tenured faculty position in the American Indian Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) after a rigorous, year-long...
Updated: January 30, 2015
October 5, 2016In the last two weeks, some Americans have heard more about a controversial New York City Police Department tactic — “stop and frisk” — than possibly ever before. A whole host of conservative...
June 25, 2018CCR ED signs letter to NFL about anthem protest policy CCR Executive Director Vince Warren has signed onto a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell expressing objection to the National Football...
What is SB185? On May 8, 2025, Governor Brian Kemp signed SB185 , a new law that bans the use of state money or resources for gender dysphoria healthcare in Georgia prisons. This law prevents people...
Updated: March 11, 2026
“We Tortured Some Folks” —Now what? With the release of the Senate CIA Torture Report earlier this month, the torture debate is going strong. Despite President Obama’s admission that “we crossed a...
Updated: June 1, 2015
August 28, 2017So Sheriff Joe got a pardon . Frankly, that shouldn’t shock anyone. Trump kicked off his campaign by tagging Mexicans as murderers and rapists and drove it home with a barrage of attacks against the...
September 1, 2015Lawyers representing thousands of inmates who have been held in small, windowless rooms say they’ve reached a settlement with the state of California to end the practice of extreme long-term...
November 2008For the past year, a 28-year-old Muslim American student, Sayed Fahad Hashmi—the first person extradited to the United States from Britain to face charges of terrorism—has been held at the Manhattan...
June 5, 2020...Several civil rights attorneys and organizations teamed up on the lawsuit, including the Advancement Project and the Center for Constitutional Rights . "Time is running out to save the lives of...
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