Nearly three dozen prominent national and state civil rights and criminal justice groups have joined the 蜜桃传媒 in support of federal legislation that would end debtors鈥� prison practices nationwide and strip federal funding from municipalities engaging in them.
An agreement has been reached with the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) to ensure that prisoners with disabilities receive treatment and services required under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If approved by the judge, the settlement will resolve part of a federal lawsuit filed by the 蜜桃传媒 and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) over inadequate care of inmates.
The following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Justice鈥檚 to judges and court administrators about unconstitutional state court policies is by Sam Brooke, deputy legal director at the Southern Poverty Law Center:
The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined for the third time to hear a challenge to the constitutionality of a state law banning 鈥渃onversion therapy鈥� for minors.
Today, 蜜桃传媒 President Richard Cohen joined Rep. Terri Sewell, Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Jim Clyburn, and others in Birmingham, Alabama, for the Congressional Forum on the Current State of Voting Rights in America. The following are his prepared remarks.聽
On the early morning of Thursday February 25th, a police officer shot and killed unarmed Greg Gunn in west Montgomery, Alabama.聽
This morning during an interview on CNN鈥檚 鈥淪tate of the Union鈥� businessman Donald Trump repeatedly dodged questions about the Ku Klux Klan and notorious white nationalist David Duke, who announced recently his support for Trump鈥檚 campaign.聽
A new, three-part series on the Investigation Discovery network 鈥� 鈥� will take an in-depth look at the 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 fight against violent extremists.
A Virginia-based group is committing consumer fraud by offering services it claims can convert people from gay to straight 鈥� deceptive practices that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) must stop, according to a federal complaint the Southern Poverty Law Center and other civil rights groups filed with the FTC today.
Harper Lee died today.
