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Aug 14, 2023

Hotel Accessibility Reaches the Supreme Court

When a hotel fails to provide accessibility features on its website, prospective guests with disabilities can’t know if it is safe and usable. This is discrimination.
When a hotel fails to provide accessibility features on its website, prospective guests with disabilities can’t know if it is safe and usable. This is discrimination.
A wheelchair accessibility sign in front of the Supreme Court.
A wheelchair accessibility sign in front of the Supreme Court.
Aug 10, 2023

Visualizing the Racial Wealth Gap

From homeownership to income, systemic inequities perpetuate disparities in wealth.
From homeownership to income, systemic inequities perpetuate disparities in wealth.
Close up of a mortgage application and a pen.
Close up of a mortgage application and a pen.
Aug 10, 2023

Racism by Design: The Building of Interstate 81

The United States' interstate highway system is structural racism in action: an intentional government program that damaged Black lives and communities for generations.
The United States' interstate highway system is structural racism in action: an intentional government program that damaged Black lives and communities for generations.
A collage of black faces with an elevated highway on a blue background.
A collage of black faces with an elevated highway on a blue background.
Aug 7, 2023

Unchecked Growth: Private Prison Corporations and Immigration Detention, Three Years Into the Biden Administration

In July, more than 90 percent of the average 30,000 people held daily in ICE detention were housed in private facilities, as private corporation revenues from immigrant detention soar.
In July, more than 90 percent of the average 30,000 people held daily in ICE detention were housed in private facilities, as private corporation revenues from immigrant detention soar.
Protestors march in front of the ICE Company, The Geo Group building, demanding the end of private prisons.
Protestors march in front of the ICE Company, The Geo Group building, demanding the end of private prisons.
Aug 3, 2023

The Deadly and Tragic Costs of Pretrial Detention

Local officials must take action to prevent more deaths in Fulton County, Georgia's jails.
Local officials must take action to prevent more deaths in Fulton County, Georgia's jails.
Protester with raised fist in the air at Fulton County Jail after the death of Lashawn Thompson.
Protester with raised fist in the air at Fulton County Jail after the death of Lashawn Thompson.
Aug 2, 2023

The Role of Legal Observers

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Legal Observers are trained volunteers who monitor and document law enforcement and other public officers’ interaction with people in Oklahoma who are participating in the democratic process by protesting,...

Legal Observers are trained volunteers who monitor and document law enforcement and other public officers’ interaction with people in Oklahoma who are participating in the democratic process by protesting,...

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