March 21, 2011, New York – Last Friday, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a report finding that the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has engaged in “a pattern or...
In April 2001, Mohammed Jafar Alam applied for an employment certification under the 245-I LIFE Act, a crucial first step to gaining status for himself and his family; he is still waiting for...
By Peter Weiss, Vice President, Center for Constitutional Rights Chile's 9/11happened in 1973, with the violent overthrow of the elected socialist government of Salvador Allende by army chief Agusto...
Updated: December 7, 2011
The Policy Advocacy Manager (PAM) will conduct policy advocacy, primarily at the federal level, to advance the Center for Constitutional Rights’ key priorities in challenging white supremacy,...
Updated: November 17, 2025
August 25, 2016I joined the Center for Constitutional Rights through the Ella Baker Summer Fellowship Program to understand better how I, when I become a lawyer, can be more responsive and accountable to social...
December 4, 2007, New York – The manual detailing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Guantánamo’s Camp Delta in 2004 was leaked and posted on Wikileaks . The Center for Constitutional Rights (...
After nearly 13 years of U.S. wars in the region, the Middle East continues to experience increasing violence and political instability. Yet the news media has placed the domestic costs of war in the...
Updated: March 30, 2016
January 18, 2017Fifteen years ago, after the Sept. 11 attacks, I was swept up with lots of other Muslim, Arab and South Asian men, held in immigration detention for months in isolation, beaten and harassed. I later...
December 10, 2020, Washington, D.C. – Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously that American Muslims who were placed or kept on the No-Fly List in retaliation for refusing to spy on...
March 4, 2022The Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
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