“The Activist Files” is excited to cross-promote our 40th episode with “The Artivists’ Room,” Donkeysaddle Projects ’ podcast, which features conversations with artists, organizers, and activists,...
Updated: July 9, 2021
As its on-going celebration of the updated sixth edition of the Jailhouse Lawyer’s Handbook , Center for Constitutional Rights Co-author and Senior Legal Worker Ian Head speaks with a number of...
Updated: August 25, 2021
As we look back on the past 20 years since 9/11, certain issues come to the forefront – the toll of the war in Afghanistan; the torture of detainees in CIA custody; the worldwide drone program; the...
Updated: September 24, 2021
How do organizers and advocates use art to promote and demystify the struggle for disability justice and its connections to other liberation movements? On the 43rd episode of the Activist Files,...
Updated: October 31, 2021
Joseph Thompson, a green card holder from Jamaica, came to the United States in 1985. After an encounter with police in Dalton, Georgia, Joseph was transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Updated: February 16, 2022
Center for Constitutional Rights Advocacy Program Manager Aliya Hussain , Senior Managing Attorney Shayana Kadidal , and Senior Attorney Wells Dixon answer questions about the state of Guantánamo...
Updated: February 16, 2022
On the Black History Month episode of the Activist Files, Center for Constitutional Rights board member Meena Jagannath speaks with Rob Robinson , a formerly homeless community organizer and housing...
Updated: February 24, 2022
How has Black feminism ushered in our current understanding and practice of abolition? On the 48th episode of the Activist Files, advocacy associate maya finoh speaks with Andrea Ritchie , an...
Updated: March 24, 2022
On the occasion of the first session of the newly established UN Permanent Forum on the People of African Descent (UNPFPAD), the Center for Constitutional Rights traveled to Geneva to build...
Updated: February 28, 2023
This year marks the 90th anniversary of our longtime ally and current partner , the Highlander Research and Education Center, the storied school that’s helped nurture the Black freedom struggle and...
Updated: March 7, 2023
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