Monitor Weekly - February 9, 2013
| The Leadership Conference Education Fund | February 9, 2013 |
Latest NewsSCOTUS Brief on Voting Rights Act. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the coalition that spearheaded the original passage and subsequent reauthorizations of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), was joined by 28 other civil rights groups in filing an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Shelby County v. Holder. The case challenges Section 5 of the VRA, which protects real voters from discrimination in jurisdictions with persistent efforts to deny the right to vote based on race or ethnicity. ***
Join in the Rally to Protect the Voting Rights Act at 9 a.m. February 27 on the steps in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. *** New Fair Housing Rules. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights this week welcomed the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) issuance of regulations under the Fair Housing Act to clarify “disparate impact,” a core component of civil rights law that helps establish discrimination in housing and lending against minorities, people with disabilities, and other protected classes. “By releasing these regulations on disparate impact today, HUD is empowering municipalities across the country to enforce housing codes equally for all Americans and bolstering protections for those who face housing discrimination,” said Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference. *** Media Diversity at Risk. Civil rights advocates are warning that racial and gender disparities in media ownership could be exacerbated by a Federal Communications Commission proposal to relax the rule regulating conglomerate ownership of both newspaper and broadcast media outlets. In the NewsIt's Time for Women to Take Back the Word "Feminism" (Opinion) Business and Labor Unite to Try to Alter Immigration Laws California Supreme Court Alters How Bias Cases Will Be Handled As Obama calls for short-term fix to avert sequester, CBO reports falling deficits More Jobs, Higher Pay in Obama’s Second Term Voter Waiting Time Disparities Draw Democrats’ Scrutiny Immigration Reform Issue - The Effect on the Budget Unfinished Business: Latest Blog PostsWorking for Civil Rights |
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