New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton has announced he is resigning next month. Bratton was a lead advocate of the so-called broken windows theory that called for officers to crack down...
Updated: October 24, 2016
Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing enters its third day today. On Wednesday Capitol Police arrested 73 people protesting Kavanaugh’s nomination. The protests began almost...
Updated: September 6, 2018
THE PATH TO BECOMING A PUBLIC DEFENDER Saturday, July 26 2008 The George Washington University Law School Free Registration & Updated Schedule: www.pdsdc.org Schedule at a Glance (in progress) 8:...
Updated: July 3, 2008
Please join the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) as we join with elected leaders, community members and advocates for a press conference and vote on the Community Safety Act (CSA) at City Hall...
Updated: August 20, 2013
Rethinking Macro Economics from a Human Rights Perspective (Why MES with Human Rights 2) REPORT LAUNCH "The current global economic crisis is evidence that the neo-liberal economic policies that...
Updated: March 5, 2009
September 2, 2015In a major victory for prisoners’ rights, California has agreed to greatly reduce the use of solitary confinement...
A new Reuters exposé shows the Pentagon has thwarted the Obama administration’s efforts to close Guantánamo by imposing bureaucratic hurdles to delay
Updated: December 30, 2015
In a major victory for civil rights advocates, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously refused to reinstate Donald Trump’s executive order that banned people from seven Muslim-...
Updated: February 10, 2017
In a case that highlights what some are calling the “Palestine exception” to free speech on college campuses across the nation, DemocracyNow! looks at students who are suing Fordham University’s...
Updated: January 5, 2018
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