Democrats taking part in the House sit-in are pushing for votes to expand background checks for gun purchases and to curb the sale of weapons to people on government watchlists—a proposal strongly...
Updated: June 23, 2016
CCR Executive Director Vince Warren speaks with Democracy Now! about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's acceptance speech last night at the Republican National Convention. Trouble...
Updated: October 28, 2016
New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton has announced he is resigning next month. Bratton was a lead advocate of the so-called broken windows theory that called for officers to crack down...
Updated: October 24, 2016
Law4BlackLives was a national gathering, initiated by CCR, of over 1,000 lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers committed to building a world where #BlackLivesMatter. More than a...
Updated: September 14, 2016
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Darius Charney discusses efforts to curb ongoing stop and frisk abuses by the NYPD and the importance of input to that process from the communities most affected by those...
Updated: November 7, 2016
CCR Executive Director joins Joy Reid and her expert panel to discuss the implications of Donald Trump shaping policy surrounding policing, civil rights oversight, and more. Trouble seeing the video...
Updated: November 18, 2016
Deeper investment in police forces in communities will amplify the racial divide says, Center for Constitutional Rights Executive Director Vincent Warren . Trouble seeing the video? Watch ig on...
Updated: November 21, 2016
As President-elect Donald Trump’s victory and early Cabinet picks embolden white supremacists and threaten reproductive rights, Democracy Now spoke with Katherine Franke, CCR Board chair and director...
Updated: November 23, 2016
On November 22, Palestinian human rights groups urged the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to examine the Israeli closure of the Gaza Strip, which has denied two million Palestinians a...
Updated: September 26, 2018
Today Donald Trump is flying to Philadelphia, where congressional Republicans are on retreat. He’s going in an effort to win more support for his political agenda. Over the past five days, he has...
Updated: January 26, 2017
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