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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
A New Texas Law Threatens to Eliminate Abortion Access. We’re Suing to Stop It.
A New Texas Law Threatens to Eliminate Abortion Access. We’re Suing to Stop It.SB 8 is not just sinister, it’s unconstitutional.
The Expiration of the CARES Act Could Force Thousands Back into Federal Prisons
The Expiration of the CARES Act Could Force Thousands Back into Federal PrisonsThis is a mistake. Keeping people out of prison is the best way to slow the spread of COIVD-19 and save lives.
President Biden Can Prevent Over 4,000 People From Being Sent Back to Prison
President Biden Can Prevent Over 4,000 People From Being Sent Back to PrisonIf President Biden allows thousands of people to be sent back to federal prison, he would be presiding over the fastest expansion of the federal prison population in history.
