by MCrane | Nov 11, 2021 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Immigration, LGBTQ Rights, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Sex Equality
Photo credit: Chicago Community Bond Fund Carceral pretrial approaches lack evidence of effectiveness—in fact, research identifies that commonplace strategies such as money bail, detention, and even mandatory drug testing hamper pretrial success. In addition, these...
by MCrane | Nov 1, 2021 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
Claudette Colvin seeks expungement for her resistance to segregation laws. Photo credit: Julie Jacobson, Associated Press. Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, civil rights hero Claudette Colvin seeks expungement for resisting...
by MCrane | Oct 18, 2021 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
Indigenous leaders march to demand climate change action. Photo credit: Shadia Fayne Wood. Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, indigenous activists marched to the White House to demand action on climate change, California will begin...
by MCrane | Oct 11, 2021 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
By Molly Crane ’23 Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, challenges to ICWA and indigenous sovereignty remain before the Supreme Court to consider certiorari, the new Texas abortion law was temporarily blocked only for this...
