May 11, 2016Michael Ratner, the civil and human rights attorney who represented Julian Assange and WikiLeaks in the US, died Wednesday at age 72, leaving behind an outsized legacy of advocacy for whistleblowers...
August 18, 2016The stock prices of the two biggest private prison companies in the United States nosedived on Thursday after the Department of Justice vowed to stop housing inmates at their facilities. It’s a...
January 18, 2017The federal government’s frantic response to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, sparked renewed debate Wednesday at the Supreme Court, as justices considered whether top officials in the George W. Bush...
The Thomas Merton Center (TMC) will be honoring CCR's work at its annual awards dinner. Executive director Vince Warren will speak at the event. Tickets are $75 and can be purchased here . TMC works...
Updated: October 13, 2017
Rutgers Law school is hosting a panel discussion featuring CCR Bertha Justice fellow Stephanie Llanes . The event is free and open to the public. Speakers include: Professor Charles Auffant, Rutgers...
Updated: October 13, 2017
June 26, 2018Last Thursday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) celebrated “ The Activists Files’ ” official launch on iTunes. Guests enjoyed wine and hors d’oeuvres and played a game of “Would You Rather...
Open Letter in Response to the Closing of the Berks County Family Shelter Care Center and Solicitation of New Family Detention Beds Attention: John Morton, Director of Immigration and Customs...
Updated: January 10, 2012
August 9, 2017Last week, the New York Times published a remarkable piece by Bari Weiss, newly hired by the Times from the Wall Street Journal , titled “ When Progressives Embrace Hate .” The piece, which self-...
August 9, 2022They will discuss the struggle of Black communities against toxic industry, environmental racism, and desecration of the burial grounds of enslaved people
Click here to go back to the Conference Schedule Program Descriptions Jump to Speaker Bios 21st Century McCarthyism, COINTELPRO, and Dissent: Defending Movements and Communities from Profiling,...
Updated: March 18, 2012
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