Case Challenges Michigan “Emergency Manager” Law March 31, 2017, Flint, MI – Today, a coalition of Michigan residents, organizations, and civil rights attorneys asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a...
This week's issue: Challenging Michigan’s racist and undemocratic Emergency Manager law; laws passed by state legislatures that attempt to suppress Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions; centering Black...
...One of the weirder turns the legal challenge to the EM law has taken was that the law deprives hundreds of thousands of Michigan citizens, specifically African Americans, of their fundamental...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Katherine Gallagher will join other experts in a discussion co-organized by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Armanshahr/Open Asia , and the Research...
Updated: April 4, 2017
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CCR Deputy Legal Director Maria LaHood will join U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights Executive Director Yousef Munayyer for a discussion on Palestinian advocacy in the Trump era. This discussion is...
April 7, 2017, New York – This morning, the New York City Police Department is publicly releasing its final body-worn camera policy, subject to the approval of the court monitor and, potentially, the...
Trump signed yet another executive order last week, this one undermining the rights of workers. The March 27, 2017, order revoked three previous orders issued by President Obama related to federal...
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