Voting rights issues heating up in North Carolina
It has been a busy week for Voting Rights. On July 22, 2013 SCSJ and partner agencies including the North Carolina NAACP announced plans…
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As Georgia Election Nears, Coalition Demands That Facebook, State Dept. Protect Poll Workers, Stop Proliferation of Violence Online
A new letter released today by a coalition of more than 60 progressive groups is urging that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, COO Sheryl Sandberg and Director of External Affairs Lindsay Elin stop right-wing extremists from harassing and violently threatening poll workers leading up to Georgia’s runoff Senate election on January 5th, 2021.
Court Says Packing Black Voters in Districts is Unconstitutional
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2015
Contact: Anita Earls, Southern Coalition for Social Justice 919-794-4198 (Office)
U.S. SUPREME COURT’S DECISION IN ALABAMA REDISTRICTING CASE…
Contact: Anita Earls, Southern Coalition for Social Justice 919-794-4198 (Office)
U.S. SUPREME COURT’S DECISION IN ALABAMA REDISTRICTING CASE…
Court to weigh use of race in drawing political lines
Richard Wolf, USA TODAY 2:49 p.m. EDT September 1, 2014
WASHINGTON — Democrat Quinton Ross has represented a pretty safe district in the Alabama state…
WASHINGTON — Democrat Quinton Ross has represented a pretty safe district in the Alabama state…
In NC, Voter Suppression Hits Women & People of Color Hardest.
It’s 2014, and North Carolina’s Monster Voter Suppression bill is beginning to go into effect. While people are NOT required to show a photo ID…
2014 Legislative Session Summary on Juvenile Justice
The NC Legislature was in session from May 14 through August 20. Major issues in the 2014 legislative session included financing the $445 million state…
Judge Orders Winterville Election Results Stand
WINTERVILLE, N.C. – Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway decided from the bench on Friday, December 29, 2017, that the Pitt County Board of…
SCSJ client Montravias King featured on Rachel Maddow Show (twice)
On August 15, 2013 the Rachel Maddow Show dedicated a lengthy segment to evolving voter suppression efforts in North Carolina. One of the featured examples…
SCSJ's Daryl Atkinson on the PBS NewsHour discussing "Ban the Box"
SCSJ Senior Attorney for Criminal Justice Daryl Atkinson appeared on the PBS NewsHour on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 and discussed “Ban the Box” hiring reform…
Not sure where to early vote in NC? There's a map for that.
Finding a place to vote during North Carolina’s One-Stop Early Voting period has never been easier, thanks to a new searchable web map of the…
NC Immigrant Students Seek the Promise of Public Education
Access to public education should be available to all children, regardless of where they were born. This seems like a simple idea – why would…
A New Year; Same Old Story in Wake County
“This incident is more about how little this officer, and so many officers around the country, value black bodies, black health, black safety and security.”…