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The U.S. Supreme Court is increasingly unlikely to protect, let alone expand, individual rights. Empowered by President Trump’s three nominees, the Court’s conservative supermajority has moved radically against liberty and equal justice in numerous recent cases. State supreme courts, however, offer promise for civil liberties and civil rights. That’s why we are making new investments to support litigation in state courts.

Since our nation’s founding, discriminatory policies and laws have created an unequal system in which Black communities have had their civil rights and liberties denied and have been systematically locked out of opportunities in education, housing, employment and more. Through our Systemic Equality agenda, the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵwill use nationwide litigation, advocacy, and public education to advance laws and policies rooted in racial equity and end discriminatory policies, laws, and practices that have an outsized impact on Black communities. The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵwill also continue to evolve our own culture, systems, and processes to drive progress toward our internal racial justice commitments, including by committing sustained recruitment and hiring efforts to recruit more diverse talent pools, developing initiatives to promote and retain Black leadership, engaging Black-owned and Black-led businesses, and more. When we have full and equal access to education, jobs, housing, voting rights, and more, better futures are possible.