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The Press Center is a one-stop shop for NCRCR's partner organizations' press releases and media contacts. It serves as a resource for journalists' civil rights needs, both substantively in terms of finding content and as a reliable resource to connect with civil rights experts.


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2009 General News

Appeals Court Rules in Case Challenging Racial Profiling of Muslim, Arab, South Asian Men in Post-9/11 Sweeps

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 12/18/2009
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NYCLU Applauds Executive Order Prohibiting Discrimination against Transgender State Employees

DC Council Passes Marriage Equality Legislation

  • By: People for the American Way
  • 12/15/2009
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On Human Rights Day, ACLU Calls For U.S. Commitment To Domestic Human Rights

New Revelations About Detainee Abuse Cry for Need for Transparency and Accountability for Torture

  • By: Alliance for Justice
  • 12/07/2009
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Statement By NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous on World AIDS Day December 1, 2009

Federal Court Lawsuit Settlement Brings Ohio Into Compliance with National Voter Registration Act-Hundreds of Thousands of Low-Income Ohioans to Benefit

  • By: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
  • 11/30/2009
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CLC Praises Bloch v. Frischholz Decision, an Important Fair Housing Precedent of the Federal Court of Appeals in Chicago

  • By: Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
  • 11/25/2009
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Court Ignores Plea of Prisoners’ Families Who Paid Millions in Unlawful Phone Tax

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 11/24/2009
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Hamilton Becomes Just Seventh Obama Nominee Confirmed to Federal Bench

  • By: People For the American Way
  • 11/19/2009
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Montana Mother Asks Court To Remedy Mistreatment Of Pregnant Inmates By Detention Facility

  • By: American Civil Liberties Union
  • 11/19/2009
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Reversing Two Restrictive Policies, Illinois Issues Accurate Birth Certificates To Three Transgender Persons

  • By: American Civil Liberties Union
  • 11/16/2009
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Lawyers' Committee Applauds Fair Housing Ruling in Bloch v. Frischholz

  • By: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
  • 11/13/2009
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Vote on Judge Davis Highlights Slow Movement of Judicial Nominees

  • By: Alliance for Justice
  • 11/10/2009
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Senate Votes Against Barring Funding For Federal Court Prosecutions Of 9/11 Cases

  • By: American Civil Liberties Union
  • 11/05/2009
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Five New York Men Detained and Abused in Post-9/11 Immigration Sweeps Settle Case for $1.26 Million

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 11/03/2009
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Maine Passes Anti-Marriage Referendum

  • By: People For the American Way
  • 11/03/2009
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Civil Rights Organizations Urge Senate Majority Leader to Hold Confirmation Vote on Dawn Johnsen

  • By: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund
  • 10/30/2009
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RECESSION HITS NEW YORK LATINOS HARDEST: Survey Says More than One in Four Lost a Job in the Past Year Latinos Have Least Amount of Employer-Sponsored Benefits

  • By: Community Service Society
  • 10/29/2009
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Obama Signs Hate Crimes Legislation into Law

  • By: People For the American Way
  • 10/28/2009
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ACLU Honors Regina Kelly, Plaintiff In Landmark Civil Rights Case, With Baldwin Medal Of Liberty Award

  • By: American Civil Liberties Union
  • 10/24/2009
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NAACP Joins Local Branch in Calling For Resignation of Louisiana Justice of The Peace

FOIA Lawsuit Seeks Bush-Era DOJ Opinion

  • By: Brennan Center for Justice
  • 10/15/2009
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WIDESPREAD LACK OF PAID SICK DAYS PUTS WORKERS AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH AT RISK ACCORDING TO “SICK IN THE CITY,”A NEW STUDY BY COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY AND A BETTER BALANCE

  • By: The Community Service Society of New York
  • 10/15/2009
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CCR Challenges Legality of Prison Telephone Rates Before NY Court of Appeals

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 10/13/2009
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Senate Committee Passes Patriot Act Reauthorization Bill

  • By: American Civil Liberties Union
  • 10/08/2009
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Tennessee Judges Oppose Law Interfering with Children’s Juvenile Court Hearings

Senate Confirms Strong Leader for Civil Rights Post

  • By: Alliance for Justice
  • 10/06/2009
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DHS Plan To Improve Immigration Detention An Encouraging Step

  • By: American Civil Liberties Union
  • 10/06/2009
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ACLU Report Finds Continuing And Pervasive Voting Rights Violations In Indian Country

  • By: American Civil Liberties Union
  • 10/01/2009
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Kids Seeing Benefits One Year into Michigan Reforms, But Strong Leadership Needed to Ensure Continued Progress

Indiana Court of Appeals Declares Voter ID Law Unconstitutional

Plaintiffs Groups Mount Effort to Undo 'Iqbal

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 09/21/2009
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New Census Data Shows Rise of Those in Poverty and without Insurance

  • By: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund
  • 09/11/2009
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Disability Groups Win Landmark Case Affirming Rights of People with Mental Disabilities in State-Funded Adult Homes

  • By: Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
  • 09/09/2009
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Children’s Rights Challenges Tennessee Law Unconstitutionally Interfering with Children’s Juvenile Court Hearings

NAACP CONTINUES ITS SUPPORT OF VAN JONES AND WHITE HOUSE GREEN JOBS INITIATIVE

  • By: NAACP Legal Defense Fund
  • 09/04/2009
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Climate of Fear: Latino Immigrants in Suffolk County, N.Y.

  • By: Southern Poverty Law Center
  • 09/02/2009
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Don't Leave Young Latinas Behind in the Classroom or on the Field

  • By: National Women's Law Center
  • 08/31/2009
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Public Justice Wins Second Major Decision Requiring Coal Mine Cleanups

WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY, 2009

  • By: Office of the Press Secretary, THE WHITE HOUSE
  • 08/26/2009
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Trumped-Up Reasons For Termination Can Prove Retaliatory Discharge

  • By: Workplace Fairness
  • 08/21/2009
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Native, Green Groups Oppose State Department Dirty Pipeline Permit: Court challenge is being prepared to overturn decision

Landmark Housing Desegregation Victory

  • By: Anti-Discrimination Center
  • 08/17/2009
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New Study Claims Women Responsible for Glass Ceiling – What?

  • By: National Women's Law Center
  • 08/12/2009
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Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss in Lambda Legal’s Case of Evicted HIV-Positive Retired Minister

Advocates Appeal Rhode Island Decision Barring Children from Seeking Child Welfare Reform in Federal Court

President Obama Nominates Edward M. Chen for Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern California

  • By: Equal Justice Society
  • 08/07/2009
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Judge Sotomayor's Confirmation to Supreme Court is Historic Moment for People with Disabilities

  • By: The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
  • 08/06/2009
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Judicial Selection Update

  • By: Alliance for Justice
  • 07/31/2009
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Senate Judiciary Committee Moves Nomination Forward

Be Part of Health Reform History

  • By: National Women's Law Center
  • 07/28/2009
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One More Step Toward Victory: Support Immigration Equality’s HIV Ban Campaign

  • By: Immigration Equality
  • 07/21/2009
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Experts in Michigan Reform Effort Call For $4M Investment in Strengthening Families & Helping Kids out of Foster Care

National Arbitration Forum Forced Out of Consumer Arbitrations

Bronx Mother to sue over toxic caulk in NYC schools

Federal Court Upholds Rights of People with Mental Illness in Adult Homes

Judge Affirms Plaintiff Class of Foster Children with Disabilities

Supreme Court Ruling Leaves in Place Core Provision of the Voting Rights Act

Berkeley's Plan to Promote Diversity in Schools Stands

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Files Brief in Challenge to Use of Race in University Enrollment

Supreme Court Will Not Hear Mumia Abu-Jamal's Claim of Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Files Supreme Court Brief Supporting Quality Education for all Arizona Students

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS FILE AMICUS BRIEF URGING CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT TO INVALIDATE PROPOSITION 8

  • By: Equal Justice Society
  • 01/16/2009
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