... VRA, a vital tool that protects voters from real attempts at disenfranchisement.
S...
...hip Conference’s brief include the Anti-Defamation League, AARP, the League of Women...
...imination in jurisdictions with persistent efforts to deny the right to vote based on race...
...sh;–The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the coalition that sp...
Washington, D.C. ––The Leadership ...
Washington, D.C. ––The Leadership Confere...
...ice is essential to modern existence, so the real issues should be whether low-income hous...
...mandated by the Communications Act.
GAO also questions whether the FCC has conducted a ful...
...overty. GAO found that the number of Lifeline-eligible households increased by 15 percent ...
...is essential for connecting with loved ones, searching for employment, pursuing further ed...
...elephone service that would otherwise be unaffordable – service that is essential fo...
...education goals, engaging fully as citizens, and calling 911. But a recent GAO report, com...
...thout undue hardship. If needed, the FCC can easily and quickly formally adopt affordabili...
The Lifeline program allows our nation’s most vulnerable ...
The Lifeline program allows our nation’s most vulnerable communities to mai...
...mandated by the Communications Act.
GAO also questions whether the FCC has conducted a ful...
...ple need.
To the contrary, we have seen the real-world results of empowering workers thro...
...SCME could upend long-settled constitutional questions, deepen existing economic inequalit...
...โ โand the grave threats posed by the all-out assault on working people by a handful o...
...d Human Rights, penned a column in the Biden Forum highlighting how civil rights are not j...
WASHINGTON โย Seema Nanda, executive vice president and COO of The...
WASHINGTON โย Seema Nanda, executive vice pr...
...ng how civil rights are not just about legal freedoms but also about economic opportunity....
WASHINGTON โย Seema Nanda, executive vice president...
...SCME could upend long-settled constitutional questions, deepen existing economic inequalit...
...highlighting a number of other, already very real threats that we face going into this Nov...
...erns of the many individuals who have raised questions about the security of newer forms o...
...d second, I want to attempt to add some badly-needed perspective to the debate over voting...
... out to Congress and the Administration, for example, that as our nation spends billions t...
...erry and Commissioners.
Thank you very much for the opportunity to testify today on issue...
...Civil Rights
Good morning Chairperson Berry and Commissioners.
Thank you very much for t...
Location: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Good ...
Location: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Good mor...
...erns of the many individuals who have raised questions about the security of newer forms o...
...udent with a higher GPA did not.
The real story of the Ten Percent Plan is much mo...
...s, 60 Minutes instead chose the easy way out - a story about how one low-income Latina stu...
...opportunity in K-12.
And, by framing your story as a Latina student versus a White...
...ive action policies in the state of Texas. Unfortunately 60 Minutes asked the wrong questi...
...alities in the Texas public education system and the yawning achievement gaps it produces,...
...pient: 60 Minutes Executive ProducerJeffrey Fager
Executive Producer
CBS News, 60 ...
...air?" regarding the state of affirmative action policies in the state of Texas. Unfortunat...
...on or service to our country.
(4) Repeal the REAL ID Act
Enacted in 2005 with virtually no...
...ies were formed with the passage of that law -- the Civil Rights Division at the United St...
...Law Enforcement Enhancement Act, which would remove unnecessary obstacles to federal prose...
...ion.
We look forward to working with you and your staff on these critically important issu...
...ate the disparities in health care access, research, and quality experienced by racial, et...
...ive priorities of the civil rights community for the 110th Congress.
We note that next yea...
... Rights, the nation’s oldest, largest, and most diverse civil and human rights coali...
...ly, must also be fully funded so that we can obtain an accurate picture our nation’s...
Recipient: U.S. House of RepresentativesDear Representative:
On behalf of the L...
...ise the minimum wage.
(11) Pass the Employee Free Choice Act
We cannot forget that our mos...
...House of RepresentativesDear Representative:
On behalf of the Leadership Conference on Civ...
...on or service to our country.
(4) Repeal the REAL ID Act
Enacted in 2005 with virtually no...
...ies were formed with the passage of that law -- the Civil Rights Division at the United St...
...Law Enforcement Enhancement Act, which would remove unnecessary obstacles to federal prose...
...ion.
We look forward to working with you and your staff on these critically important issu...
...ate the disparities in health care access, research, and quality experienced by racial, et...
...ive priorities of the civil rights community for the 110th Congress.
In addition to this l...
... Rights, the nation’s oldest, largest, and most diverse civil and human rights coali...
...ly, must also be fully funded so that we can obtain an accurate picture our nation’s...
Recipient: U.S. Senate fDear Senator:
On behalf of the Leadershi...
...ise the minimum wage.
(11) Pass the Employee Free Choice Act
We cannot forget that our mos...
Recipient: U.S. Senate fDear Senator:
On behalf of the Leadership Conference on Civ...
...in this context is impossible. The pragmatic reality is that the Census Bureau constantly ...
... designed to examine alternative versions of questions and response categories to determin...
...mmigration raids and other dragnets that post-9/11 policies have created. Combined with th...
...of color was even more disproportionate. For example, the undercount for African American ...
...mber of people, particularly minorities, are fearful of providing even the most basic of i...
...ation Center and established a Demographic Research Unit to make Census 2000 and other rel...
...hts regarding FY '08 Census Bureau funding before the House Subcommittee on Information Po...
... April 24, 2007 Karen K. Narasaki, President and CEO of the Asian American Justice Center,...
On April 24, 2007 Karen K. Narasaki, President a...
On April 24, 2007 Karen K. Narasaki, Presiden...
... designed to examine alternative versions of questions and response categories to determin...