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Spotlight
Since the nation’s founding, the fabric of American society has been woven with deeply racist policies, practices, and attitudes that harm Black and Indigenous people of color. These policies have led to an unequal system where white people have both implicit and explicit advantages because of the color of their skin, leading to better opportunities in jobs, education, and housing.
Systemic Equality is a racial justice agenda that seeks to address America’s legacy of racism and systemic discrimination through administrative and legislative campaigns targeting the Biden-Harris administration and Congress, advocacy efforts, legal strategies to strike down laws and practices that exclude and harm, and a significant investment and dedicated resources in the South.
News and Commentary
Texas Wants to Take Trans Kids From Their Supportive Parents. We’re Suing.
Texas Wants to Take Trans Kids From Their Supportive Parents. We’re Suing.Families in Texas are worried that supporting their transgender kids will lead to a report of child abuse. We are already seeing families being investigated. Gender-affirming care is medically necessary, saves lives, and shouldn’t be the subject of an investigation.
Defending Our Right to Learn
Defending Our Right to LearnWhat you need to know about the new string of classroom censorship and book ban attacks impacting students and teachers across the country.
Title 42 Isn’t Supported By Science — The CDC Must End it Now
Title 42 Isn’t Supported By Science — The CDC Must End it NowMass expulsions to danger fly in the face of American values and U.S. legal commitments.
