August 4, 2016 New York – In response to reports that some members of the New York State Assembly plan to introduce a “Blue Lives Matter” bill today to add police to the groups covered under existing...
September 25, 2017, New York – In response to the passing of Cherif Bassiouni, Emeritus Professor of Law at DePaul University, former United Nations official, and international law expert, the Center...
Highest Court Rejects Private Prisons’ Petition to Limit Release of Government Documents October 10, 2017, New York, NY – Today, the Supreme Court denied a petition by private prison corporations...
June 1, 2009, New York, NY – In response to the murder of respected and celebrated OB-GYN physician and abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kansas this week, the Center for...
In this inaugural event of a four-part series marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11, artists, lawyers, and scholars will be reflecting on the impact of the post-9/11 “global security”...
May 16, 2014, New York – Today, in response to new revelations published in Harper’s Magazine regarding the deaths of three Guantánamo prisoners in June 2006, the Center for...
Fifteen 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...
I remember being excited for Hispanic Heritage Month, or HHM, in college. It was a time to celebrate what I felt was my culture in a predominately white American space. I was even in the HSA (...
The Center for Constitutional Rights, The New Press , and DCTV invite you to a special evening spotlighting the voices of those affected by solitary confinement. Join us on Wednesday, April 20, at...
