In the wake of the recent attempted attack on Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight 253, several elected officials have renewed their politicized claims that closing the prison at Guantánamo...
July 16, 2015The killing of Eric Garner by a police officer using a chokehold last year sparked protests around the country and led rappers to hold memorial concerts in Staten Island, where he was killed, and as...
June 20, 2016“Where were you on March 20, 2003?,” Aaron Hughes , an Iraq War vet and artist, asks our group. We’re sitting on the floor around a Persian rug while Aaron brews a large pot of fragrant Alwazah tea...
June 20, 2017Yesterday, the Supreme Court decided Ziglar v. Abbasi , an important case curbing lawsuits against former government officials for purported abuse of federal detainees. Some will view this decision...
Participatory artist Lizania Cruz , whose most recent art projects focus on immigration, joins Chandra M. Hayslett , Center for Constitutional Rights’ communications director, on The Activist Files...
Updated: February 26, 2019
April 12, 2019... During opening remarks, TBS Director of Original Programming Ashley Golden said that amid all the jokes, “Full Frontal” is a “platform for advocacy.” In the segment, Bee sat down to talk to human...
On Saturday, February 8, 2020, join Center for Constitutional Rights Bertha Justice Fellow Brittany Thomas in a discourse around reparations and how we might build a coalition across...
Updated: January 30, 2020
July 1, 2022...One of his lawyers, Wells Dixon of the Center for Constitutional Rights, is with us to explain the details of that lawsuit. Hi, Wells. J WELLS DIXON: Hi, Sacha. PFEIFFER: Your client, Majid Khan,...
With mounting claims of abuse and misconduct, what are some of the proposed policies for fixing Rikers Island and other prisons throughout the U.S.? Ari Melber talks to Paul Prestia, Vince Warren,...
Updated: June 16, 2015
March 24, 20011, New York – Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, made the following statement on behalf of the Center: Len Weinglass was one of the great...
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