Leila Hessini, North Carolina, serves as the Vice President of Programs at Global Fund for Women and oversees its strategic grantmaking, movement-strengthening, voice, and advocacy efforts. She is a...
Leo Aldridge, Puerto Rico, is a criminal defense attorney in private practice in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He previously served as a trial attorney at Brooklyn Defender Services, and a federal public...
Lisa Crooms-Robinson, District of Columbia, is a Professor of Law at Howard University School of Law where she teaches Constitutional Law, Gender and the Law, International Human Rights Law, Supreme...
Marjorie Fine, New York, has more than 20 years’ experience leading grantmaking institutions. She is a development consultant to social benefit organizations and grantmakers. She previously served...
The impact of Trump's Muslim ban on Yemeni-Americans [caption align="right"] [/caption] Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Trump's Muslim Ban. As CCR Legal Worker Ibraham...
CCR and Palestine Legal wrote a letter to the City University of New York (CUNY) on April 25, 2018, informing the college that the City College of New York’s (CCNY) cancellation of a May 3 event...
... Dixon said: “The open question is this: how stupid is the president of the United States, and will he threaten US military operations against Isis by bringing an Isis suspect to Guantánamo?” Read...
...“We put the first demand together in 2007,” Stephens, who is affiliated with the Center for Constitutional Rights, explained of the TVPA case. In 2014, Federal Judge James Cohn ruled that the...
..."The moment the stay was lifted, all these people received visa denials with a notice also saying they were denied a waiver," says Diala Shamas, a lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights...
Michelle J. DePass, Oregon, is the president and chief executive officer of Meyer Memorial Trust. DePass began her career as a community organizer in New York and went onto leadership positions in...