March 8, 2011, New York – In response to the impending hearings being held by United States Representative Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, on “The Extent of...
May 21, 2014, Boise – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) joined the court battle against so-called “ag-gag” laws, which punish undercover investigations and...
July 9, 2014, New York – In response to news , reported today by Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept , that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been spying on the Executive Director and co-...
Vincent Warren is a leading expert on racial injustice and discriminatory policing and is the executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. He oversees the organization's groundbreaking...
We should all be concerned about human rights and about the negative effects of the Bush administration has had in that area—the torture, the unwarranted wiretapping, the disregard for the...
Updated: April 8, 2008
The year is 1987, Ronald Reagan is President, the country is in the midst of booming economic growth, and AZT has just become available to treat HIV/AIDS. This provides the backdrop of the iconic,...
Updated: October 20, 2014
November 2012CCR Executive Director Vince Warren discusses Guantanamo, military tribunals, and the rule of law in the New York Times. Guantánamo was an international symbol of lawlessness and abuse in 2008 when...
While she did not halt the use of stop-and-frisk, Scheindlin appointed a federal court monitor to oversee a series of reforms. The city appealed Scheindlin’s ruling, saying it made officers...
Updated: November 1, 2013
CCR invites you to join us for a free screening and panel discussion of The Newburgh Sting on Monday March 30th at the Anthology Film Archives. The film is a critical and timely look at the impact of...
Updated: March 23, 2015
August 4, 2015Today’s New York Times science section features a front-page piece about the research that CCR commissioned and compiled for our ground-breaking challenge to long-term solitary confinement. “...
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