May 11, 2016It is with a very heavy heart that we write to tell you of a great loss to our family. Today, we lost one of the great social justice warriors of our time, Michael Ratner. In July 2015, Michael fell...
On Wednesday, the trailblazing attorney Michael Ratner died at the age of 72. In recent years, Ratner served as the chief attorney for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and became a leading critic of...
Updated: May 12, 2016
Please join us for an evening honoring the remarkable life and legacy of CCR President Emeritus Michael Ratner (1943–2016). Doors open at 6:30 PM. Please register : the event is free, but space may...
Updated: June 8, 2016
Civil rights groups mark 50th Anniversary of Freedom of Information Act by filing requests to expose government surveillance of activists of color July 5, 2016, New York – Color Of Change (COC) and...
July 5, 2016Originally publised on Medium.com . Whether you ride public transportation every day to and from work or drive your own car. Whether you go to a public school with security guards or an upscale...
Organized by the Arab American Institute , this panel will examine several policies and programs that have targeted the Arab American and American Muslim communities in the current climate of...
Updated: July 22, 2016
July 29, 2016 – New York – Today, three American Muslim men with no criminal records who were placed or kept on the No Fly List by the FBI in retaliation for their refusal to become informants...
“Mother Sister’s always watching.” This line, from the critically acclaimed film Do the Right Thing , fully embodies the feeling in Black and Latino communities. A need to protect oneself and...
Updated: August 29, 2016
September 9, 2016As New Yorkers, we at CCR all have our personal stories of that terrible day. As an organization, our 9/11 story is about how we sprang into action and how we have continued to respond to the...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Shayana Kadidal will join a panel discussion about the tragic December 2015 shooting in San Bernardino, California and subsequent heated dispute: should law enforcement be...
Updated: September 15, 2016
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