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Civil Rights Book Club: 'Random Family' by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc - 11/20/09
Rights Groups Urge Congress to Fix Broken Civil Rights Commission - 11/19/09
Judge Rules in Favor of Homeowners Impacted by Hurricane Katrina - 11/19/09
Civil Rights Groups Seek Urgent Response to U.S. Jobs Crisis - 11/18/09
Civil Rights Link Roundup: Addressing the Jobs Crisis, Legal Services Corp., and the Redskins - 11/17/09
Senate to Vote on President Obama’s First Judicial Nominee David Hamilton - 11/16/09
Civil Rights Book Club: 'The Revolt of the Cockroach People' by Oscar Zeta Acosta - 11/13/09
Foreclosures Hit Black and Latino Communities Hard - 11/12/09
Assistant Attorney General Perez Testifies on the Need for ENDA - 11/11/09
New Report Finds Greater Diversity in U.S. Union Membership - 11/10/09
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Sentencing Juveniles to Life Without Parole - 11/9/09
President Obama Commits to Greater Cooperation Between Federal Government and Tribal Nations - 11/6/09
Civil Rights Book Club: 'Let's Get Free' by Paul Butler - 11/6/09
Higher Achievement-Baltimore Launches First After School Program - 11/6/09
Unjust Census Amendment Dropped - 11/5/09
Today in Civil Rights History: Shirley Chisholm’s becomes First Black Woman Elected to Congress - 11/5/09
Civil Rights Groups Urge Sen. Reid Hold Vote on Dawn Johnsen - 11/4/09
Economy Track Shows How the Recession Hits Communities Differently - 11/3/09
Civil Rights Link Roundup: Maryland Dropouts, Jerry Miller, Enforcing the New Hate Crimes Law - 11/2/09
Civil Rights Book Club: 'Gang Leader for a Day' by Sudhir Venkatesh - 10/30/09
Bernice King Elected to Head SCLC - 10/30/09
Sen. Edward Brooke Receives Congressional Gold Medal - 10/29/09
Hate Crimes Prevention Act Is Now Law - 10/29/09
Henderson Condemns Vitter Amendment, Calls for Inclusive Census Count - 10/28/09
HUD Combats LGBT Housing Discrimination - 10/27/09
‘Labor Day’ Shows SEIU’s Impact on 2008 Election - 10/26/09
Civil Rights Link Roundup: Judicial Nominations, Financial Reform, Myrlie Evers-Williams, and John Payton on Race in America - 10/26/09
Proposed Bipartisan Commission Would Examine the U.S. Criminal Justice System - 10/23/09
Civil Rights Book Club: 'Suburban Sweatshops' by Jennifer Gordon - 10/23/09
Senate Sends Landmark Hate Crimes Bill to President Obama - 10/22/09
Wade Henderson among NELP Honorees for Workers’ Rights Advocacy - 10/22/09
'Shriver Report' Highlights the Changing Role of Women at Work, at Home, and Beyond - 10/21/09
Vitter-Bennett Amendment Will Ruin the 2010 Census - 10/20/09
Franken Amendment Would Forbid Unfair Forced Arbitration by Government Contractors - 10/20/09
Campaign Asks People to Take a 'Media Violence Fast' - 10/19/09
Civil Rights Link Roundup: Unemployment Benefits, Social Security COLA, Overdrafs, and Attorney General Holder Speech on Hate Crimes - 10/19/09
Civil Rights Groups: New Financial Regulatory Agency Must Be Able to Protect Minority Consumers - 10/16/09
Civil Rights Link Roundup: Judicial Nominations, Dealth Penalty, and the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders - 10/16/09
Senate Introduces Bill Eliminating Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity - 10/15/09
Major Cities Lack Funds for the 2010 Census; Local Groups Try to Pick up Slack - 10/15/09
Henderson and Zirkin Honored in the Fight for D.C. Voting Rights - 10/14/09
Equality March Continues the Work of the Gay Rights Movement - 10/14/09
Civil Rights Book Club: Resolving Racial Conflict by Bertram Levine - 10/13/09
Half in Ten: Census Poverty Data Shows Urgent Need for Anti-Poverty Policies - 10/13/09
Civil Rights Link Roundup: Gay Rights, Age Discrimination and the 2010 Census - 10/13/09
House Subcommittee Overwhelmingly Approves the Local Community Radio Act - 10/9/09
Today in Civil Rights History: The AIDS Memorial Quilt Is Displayed for the First Time - 10/9/09
House Passes Hate Crimes Bill; Civil Rights Community Looks to the Senate - 10/8/09
Study Finds That States with Tough Anti-Predatory Lending Legislation Post Lower Foreclosure Rates - 10/8/09
Civil Rights Link Roundup: Affordable Housing, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, LGBT People of Color - 10/7/09
Congress Introduces Bill to Protect Older Workers from Discrimination - 10/6/09
Senate Confirms Tom Perez to Head the Civil Rights Division - 10/6/09
Today in Civil Rights History: Birth Anniversary of Civil Rights Icon Fannie Lou Hamer - 10/6/09
Civil Rights Groups Encourage Blacks and Latinos to Speak up on Health Care Reform - 10/5/09
Civil Rights Link Roundup: Creating Jobs, 880 Campaign, and Gay Studies - 10/5/09
Six Months from 2010 Census: 'Ya Es Hora: Hagase Contar' Campaign Launches - 10/2/09
Graduation Promise Act Aims to Increase High School Graduation Rates - 10/1/09
Civil Rights Link Roundup: Women and Poverty, Don't Ask Don't Tell, and a Lawsuit against the USDA - 10/1/09
New 'Face the Truth' Campaign Aims to Eliminate Racial and Religious Profiling - 9/30/09
PASS ID Act Fails to Fix REAL ID - 9/29/09
Civil Rights Book Club: 'Confessions of an Economic Hit Man' by John Perkins - 9/28/09
Civil Rights Link Roundup: Racial Segregation, 2010 Census, Hate Crimes Settlement, and the High Cost of the Death Penalty - 9/28/09
Federal District Court Upholds University of Texas Equal Opportunity Admissions Policy - 9/25/09
House Hearing Highlights Urgent Need to Pass ENDA - 9/24/09
House Votes to Extend Unemployment Benefits - 9/23/09
Civil Rights Groups: Senate Must Confirm Pending Judicial and Executive Nominees - 9/22/09
Harvard Study Highlights Urgency of Health Care Reform - 9/22/09
Indiana Court of Appeals Declares Voter ID Law Unconstitutional - 9/22/09
Today in Civil Rights History: President Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclamation - 9/22/09
ICE Program Continues to Cast Too Wide a Net - 9/21/09
Civil Rights Book Club: 'Open Veins of Latin America' by Eduardo Galeano - 9/21/09
Civil Rights Link Roundup: Immigrant Detention, UC Tuition Increases, and Post-Katrina Housing in Mississippi - 9/21/09
Health Care Reform Must Stop Insurance Companies from Denying Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions - 9/18/09
House Passes Bill to Expand Access to College - 9/18/09
Civil Rights Link Roundup: Federal Court Vacancies, Mortgage Lending, and Domonique Foxworth's Civil Rights Memorabilia - 9/18/09
LCCR President Wade Henderson and LCCR Executive Vice President Nancy Zirkin among DC Vote's 2009 Champions of Democracy Awardees - 9/17/09
New Bipartisan Committee Aims to Revamp Voter Registration - 9/17/09
Interns on Civil Rights: ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ - 9/17/09
LCCR President Wade Henderson Speaks on the Importance of Expanding Access to Health Care - 9/16/09
LCCR President Wade Henderson Takes on Faux Media Controversies - 9/15/09
Civil Rights Link Roundup: Norman Borlaug, Financial Reform, and ENDA - 9/14/09
New Census Data Shows Rise of Those in Poverty and without Insurance - 9/11/09
Civil Rights Book Club: 'The Meaning of Matthew' by Judy Shepard - 9/11/09
Civil Rights Link Roundup: Credit Checks in Hiring, Latino Workers, and Health Care and Young People - 9/11/09
Rock the Vote Campaign Aims to Engage Young Adults in the Health Care Reform Debate - 9/10/09
Congress Will Consider Bankruptcy Legislation – Again - 9/9/09
Civil Rights Link Roundup: Undocumented Immigrants and the Census, Low-Power FM, and Workers' Rights Violations - 9/8/09
President Obama’s Broadband Initiative Will Attempt to Bridge the Nation’s Growing Digital Divide - 9/4/09
Civil Rights Book Club: 'American Chinatown' by Bonnie Tsui - 9/3/09
New York Times Urges the Justice Department to Revive Its Civil Rights Enforcement - 9/2/09
Civil Rights Link Roundup: Renewed Civil Rights Enforcement, 2010 Census, Sen. Kennedy's Legacy - 9/1/09
Civil Rights Link Roundup: Honoring Sen Ted Kennedy, ACLU on Counterterrorism, 2010 Census Count, Gulf Coast Housing Shortage, Flawed Immigration Program - 8/28/09
Civil Rights History: 45th Anniversary of the Community Relations Service - 8/28/09
Statement on the Passing of Senator Ted Kennedy - 8/27/09
Interns on Civil Rights: An American Perspective - 8/27/09
Today in Civil Rights History: 19th Amendment Gives Women the Right to Vote - 8/26/09
Healthier Students More Likely to Achieve - 8/25/09
Counting the Gulf Coast: 4 Years After Katrina - 8/24/09
Higher Achievement Opens Education Programs in Baltimore - 8/24/09
Rebuilding Efforts Dampen Effects of Recession in New Orleans - 8/21/09
