Tax Program Helps Low-Income Families; Alabama Unrelenting on Anti-Immigrant...
Compiled by Wally McElwain, a Spring 2012 intern at The Leadership Conference Education Fund Antipoverty Tax Program Offers Relief, Though Often Temporary Sabrina Tavernise New York Times Every April,...
View ArticleSikh Coalition Launches iPhone and Android App to Protect Civil Rights at...
By Wally McElwain, a Spring 2012 intern at The Leadership Conference Education Fund Seeking justice as a victim of racial profiling? There’s an app for that. On Monday, April 30, 2012, The Leadership...
View ArticleDoes Overzealous Use of Stop & Frisk in NYC Explain Lower Crime Rates?
By Wally McElwain, a Spring 2012 Intern New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly support and advocate for stop-and-frisk policing, a strategy that authorizes police...
View ArticleFrom Bad to Worse, Alabama’s H.B. 658
By Avril Lighty Show me your papers… Racial profiling… Mass exodus… Children kept home from school… Agricultural production crippled… Just when you didn’t think it was possible for life to get any...
View ArticleEnding ‘Stop and Frisk” in New York City
Two advocates with the NAACP have an op-ed in Huffington Post today encouraging people to support the organization’s efforts alongside the National Action Network to end New York City’s policy of “stop...
View ArticleCivil Rights News: NJ Muslim Organizations File Federal Suit Over NYPD...
Compiled by David Seidman, a Summer 2012 intern at The Leadership Conference Education Fund NJ Muslims file federal suit to stop NYPD spying Eileen Sullivan Associated Press On Wednesday, a group of...
View ArticleCivil Rights News: Experts Say Racial Profiling Difficult to Prove; ACLU...
Compiled by Jaimie Woo, a Summer 2012 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern Racial Profiling Difficult to Prove, Experts Say Alan Gomez USA Today The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a key...
View ArticleCivil Rights News: AZ Sheriff Arpaio in Court; ACA Ruling May Leave 3 Million...
Compiled by Jaimie Woo, a Summer 2012 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern. Confronted in Court With This Own Words, Sheriff Denies Profiling Fernanda Santos The New York Times Arizona sheriff,...
View ArticleCivil Rights News: Medicaid Expansion May Lower Death Rates; One Million in...
Compiled by David Seidman, a Summer 2012 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern Medicaid Expansion May Lower Death Rates, Study Says The New York Times A recent study by Harvard researchers found...
View ArticleWhat Is Sikhism and Who Are Sikhs
The shooting at a Sikh place of worship in Wisconsin yesterday is a real tragedy. Though the shooting is still being investigated and the motives of the shooter are yet unknown, this incident does...
View ArticleNYPD’s Infamous Stop-and-Frisk Policy Found Unconstitutional
By Taahira Thompson, a Summer 2013 Leadership Conference Intern In a decision announced last week, a federal judge found the New York City Police Department’s “Stop-and-Frisk” policy unconstitutional....
View ArticleAs Holiday Travel Season Begins, FlyRights App an Important Tool in...
By Tamera Willis, a Fall 2013 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern FlyRights – a smartphone application that allows people to report incidents of racial profiling in real time at America’s...
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