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New Civil Rights Monitor Poll Finds 82% of Voters Fear Rights and Freedoms Are Being Taken Away and 77% Fear Political Leaders Will Pressure Election Officials to …

Civil Rights Poll: 71% oppose cutting Medicare and SNAP to fund ICE, 92% say America’s diversity makes it stronger, majority ...
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Head Start Is on the Chopping Block — Here’s What’s at Stake for 700,000 Children

The Trump administration is once again going after vulnerable children — this time by attacking Head Start. Created in 1965 as part of The War on Poverty, the program provides comprehensive early ...
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The Leadership Conference Condemns EEOC Chair Lucas’ Proposed Rule Eliminating Crucial Race and Gender Data

WASHINGTON — Deborah J. Vagins, senior vice president for advocacy and programs for The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement: “Since the beginning of her ...
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The Leadership Conference Responds to the Supreme Court’s Decision in Watson v. RNC

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement: “Today, the Supreme Court denied the Trump administration its demand ...
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The Leadership Conference Applauds the Congressional Black Caucus’ Commitment to Civil Rights

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement: “The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has called on corporate America ...
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Over 440 Civil Rights, Faith, and Labor Organizations Call Department of Justice Indictment of Southern Poverty Law Center a “Naked Attempt to Weaponize the the Criminal ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Nonprofits Together joined more than 440 civil and human rights, faith, environmental, nonprofit organizations, and labor ...
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Civil Rights Leaders Respond to Supreme Court Decision in Louisiana v. Callais

WASHINGTON — The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and its coalition members issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais: ...
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The Leadership Conference Condemns Attacks on Civil Rights Movement

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement in reaction to news of another threat of legal intimidation against a ...
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AI + Tenant Screening

A PDF of the resource is available here. A one-pager of the resource is available here. An overview of threats to civil rights from algorithmic tenant-screening systems As the demand for housing ...
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Civil Rights Advocates Decry Department of Defense’s Power Grab for AI Surveillance Tech

WASHINGTON — The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights’ Media/Telecommunications Task Force released the following statement from Alejandra Montoya-Boyer, Vice President of The Leadership ...
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Facts About the Census

Facts About the Census Article I of the U.S. Constitution requires a count of every person living in the country every ten years. The census is the basis for determining how many seats each state gets ...
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New Policy Brief Exposes Harms of Discriminatory School Dress and Grooming Codes

WASHINGTON — The Leadership Conference Education Fund — in collaboration with the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), National Urban League, National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), Advancement Project, and ...