by jacobcarrel | Apr 1, 2020 | Amicus, Congress, Environmental Justice, Executive Branch, National Security, Poverty and Economic Justice, Voting and Elections Rights
Photo Credit: Nick Youngson – Alpha Stock Images Two days ago – in the midst of a global pandemic – George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley, claiming that federal authority in disasters is newer and weaker than many believe, criticized some state...
by Melissa Wen | Apr 1, 2020 | Amicus, Housing, Poverty and Economic Justice
Photo Credit: Brandi Ibrao/Unsplash The COVID-19 pandemic has brought renewed attention to unhoused people’s lack of access to sanitary living conditions. The extreme dearth of shelter beds and public restrooms across the country means that unhoused people, despite...
by Juan Palacio Moreno | Mar 5, 2020 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice
While not on the front page of media sites, bail reform is an integral part in the movement to tackle the penal state. After decades of punitive rhetoric justifying racially oppressive penal policies, criminal justice reform is being embraced at the federal, state,...
by Juan Palacio Moreno | Feb 11, 2020 | Amicus, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Uncategorized
Public libraries trigger thoughts of stacked bookshelves, proper librarians, and rental fees. While these continue to exist, albeit to a lesser extent, public libraries have undergone intense shifts in the last decade and will continue to evolve to reflect societal...
by Molly Coleman | Dec 4, 2019 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Guest Author, Labor and Employment, Legal History, Legislation, LGBTQ Rights, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice
This is a guest post authored by Jennifer Bennett, a Staff Attorney at Public Justice, and David Seligman, Director of Towards Justice, a non-profit workers’ rights law firm based in Denver, Colorado. Lots of attention these days is rightfully being paid to...
by Annamarie Forestiere | Nov 26, 2019 | Amicus, Legislation, LGBTQ Rights, Policing and Law Enforcement, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Second Amendment, Sex Equality
Photo by Bo Harvey on Unsplash Gun Violence 101: Gun Violence is a Problem It should come as no surprise that America has a gun violence problem. The number of deaths in the United States caused by guns has been steadily rising for the last five years, and in 2019...