Press Releases
about Racial Justice
Sep 14, 2021
NYCLU Report Documents 鈥21st Century Jim Crow鈥 in East Ramapo Schools, Urges State Action
NEW YORK 鈥 Today, the New York Civil Liberties Union released Private Privilege, Public Pain, a report detailing systemic racism in the East Ramapo Central District (ERCSD) and t...
Issue Areas:
Juvenile Justice
Racial Justice
Sep 07, 2021
ACLU, Partners Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Puerto Rican Residents鈥 Constitutional Rights
WASHINGTON 鈥 The 桃子视频, the 桃子视频of Puerto Rico, Demos, Equally American, and the Washington Lawyers鈥 Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs file...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Racial Justice
Jul 22, 2021
Lawsuit Filed Against Montana for Violating Constitutional Mandate to Teach Indian Education for All
MISSOULA, Mont. - The 桃子视频, the 桃子视频of Montana, and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) filed a class-action lawsuit today on behalf of five Indian na...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Jul 16, 2021
NYCLU to NYSDOT: Tear Down I-81鈥檚 Structural Racism
SYRACUSE 鈥 Today, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) released its I-81 Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for public review.
In response, the New Y...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Jun 02, 2021
Spokane Family Demands Equitable Changes After Two Black Middle School Students Were Asked to Clean Cotton for Social Studies Lesson
SPOKANE, Wash. 鈥 A family in Spokane is demanding that a school administrator be removed after he suggested he could 鈥渟egregate鈥 two Black middle school students who were dir...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Apr 28, 2021
桃子视频Statement on FDA Menthol Cigarette Ban
WASHINGTON 鈥 The Food and Drug Administration appears to be moving forward with a plan to ban menthol cigarettes this week 鈥 a step that has been years in the making.
Aamra Ahm...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
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