" A New York City police officer shot and killed a “totally innocent” man in what law enforcement officials believe was a tragic accident, the city’s police commissioner said Friday"A New York City...
...But Ezie was tired of the same old song and dance; maybe this time could be different. “Frankly, it struck me as insincere,” she told me over the phone at the Center for Constitutional Rights,...
...Black August is not a second Black History Month While Black History Month founded by Carter G. Woodson encourages Americans to recognize and study the often overlooked accomplishments of Black...
..."Up till now, there has been grossly inadequate and unconstitutionally insufficient medical treatment provided, which has led Ms. Diamond to experience really catastrophic symptoms [of] gender...
Anser Mehmood ran a small trucking business in Bayonne, NJ. But Sept. 11 turned his life upside down. A Pakistani who had overstayed his visa, he was soon caught up in the post-attack terror scare...
by Shayana Kadidal, Center for Constitutional Rights Staff Attorney There is something very wrong with this picture: Today I am in a federal court arguing that the press and public have a right to...
J ust over two weeks ago, in a highly publicised event, Troy Davis was executed by the state of Georgia despite global protest and significant evidence of his innocence. Since then, three other men...
After sidestepping the issue four years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to reckon with a question that global businesses and human rights groups want answered: whether...
Join CCR attorney Pardiss Kebriaei for a panel discussion on the Politics of Solidarity , along with Debra Sweet, Director of World Can’t Wait , Eric Stoner, free lance journalist & adjunct...
Yesterday, after three years of confinement, Pfc. Bradley Manning finally went on trial in a military court at Fort Meade, Maryland. But it is less a real trial than it is a trial run, an experiment...
