The Civil Rights Center

200 Days to Go: The Power of Our Votes and Our Voices in 2020 This event will focus on the importance of the right to vote in the 2020 election season. Speakers will address COVID's impact on the election, ongoing voter suppression efforts, barriers faced by college students, the power of the Black vote, building diverse coalitions this election cycle and more...

New Orleans police are jailing people for minor offenses even as the city becomes a covid-19 hotspot At a time when many law enforcement officials across the country have reduced arrests, police are conducting business as usual in New Orleans and some other cities.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/07/us/politics/erik-prince-project-veritas.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwAR3D5IpCyDMYKijAb2rfMJKeUbpwUffR50RLYkOmg2yzWofBszETIg8NF2c

Russia Backs Trump’s Re-election, and He Fears Democrats Will Exploit Its Support A classified briefing to lawmakers angered the president, who complained that Democrats would “weaponize” the disclosure.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/hes-going-cheat/606643/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_term=2020-02-18T11:00:38&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=edit-promo&fbclid=IwAR0TlKpP9gJ0IrJHrFbMEtvlMAsJUjIAY95bBWOdqO2eg1hOkvt_ViVJdQM

Trump Is Going to Cheat How should Democrats fight against a president who has no moral or legal compass?

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/10/trump-election-autocracy-rules-for-survival/

Autocracy: Rules for Survival In the face of the impulse to normalize, it is essential to maintain one’s capacity for shock. This will lead people to call you unreasonable and hysterical, and to accuse you of overreacting. It is no fun to be the only hysterical person in the room. Prepare yourself.

http://inthesetimes.com/article/19658/20-lessons-from-the-20th-century-on-how-to-survive-in-trumps-america

20 Lessons from the 20th Century on How to Survive in Trump’s America A history professor looks to the past to remind us to do what we can in the face of the unthinkable.

The Hidden Trauma of “Short Stays” in Foster Care Every year, thousands of children are removed from their homes by officials who fear for their safety—only to be returned within days. It “felt like being kidnapped,” one said.

Qualified Immunity Is the Scourge of Prison Reform A recent federal appeals court ruling is an egregious example of the problem.

He was s*xually abusing underage girls. Then, police said, one of them killed him. Now Chrystul Kizer, who was 16 when she met Randy Volar, is accused of murdering her alleged s*x trafficker. She faces life in prison.

15 inmate suicides that led to Alabama prison ruling A total of 15 suicides have occurred in Alabama's prisons since December 2017. On Saturday, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ruled today that the Alabama prison system fails to adequately prevent inmate suicides.