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Environmental Justice

Community Groups, Residents File Lawsuit Over Stokes County Data Center Rezoning 

DANBURY, N.C. (March 12, 2026) — Community groups and Walnut Cove area residents filed a lawsuit today in an effort to protect a way of…

Voting Rights

Statewide Advocates Protect Voters Who Turn Out in Historic Numbers for 2026 Primary

NORTH CAROLINA (March 4, 2026) — In the face of escalating threats to voting rights across the U.S., North Carolina voters showed up in historic…

Justice System Reform

U.S. Citizen Represented by Civil Rights Groups Files Federal Claims After Violent Immigration Stop in Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 3, 2026) — Today, Willy Wender Aceituno, a U.S. citizen, took steps to sue the U.S. government and filed federal damages claims…

Justice System Reform

Five Individuals Launch Class Action Lawsuit Over Warrantless Immigration Arrests in North Carolina

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Feb. 24, 2026) — A lawsuit was filed today on behalf of five individuals — and a class of similarly situated people —…

Voting Rights

SCSJ, Partners Warn NC Voter Rules Could Target Eligible Citizens

(Jan. 27, 2026) — The North Carolina State Board of Elections has proposed several rules establishing a challenge process for voters deemed “presumptive non-citizens,” and…

Justice System Reform

Charges Dropped against UNCG Student, Partner After Violent Arrest

GREENSBORO, N.C. (Jan. 21, 2026) — Criminal charges against UNC-Greensboro (UNCG) student Alisia Rea, 22, and her partner, Quinten Thomas, 24, were voluntarily dismissed today…

Justice System Reform

An Update on Edenton Confederate Monument, SCSJ’s Related Case

In early 2025, Southern Coalition for Social Justice filed a lawsuit in Chowan County Superior Court on behalf of five Eastern North Carolina residents alleging…

Environmental Justice

Judge Denies Companies’ Bid to Hide Cape Fear River Pollution  

RALEIGH, N.C. (December 5, 2025) — A federal judge has blocked an attempt by Chemours and DuPont to hide documents related to the release of…

Voting Rights

Federal Judges Allow Latest Congressional Map to Stand Despite Harms to Black Voters

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Nov. 26, 2025) — A panel of federal judges will not block the North Carolina General Assembly’s latest congressional map, which changes Congressional…

Environmental Justice

Pitt County Judge Rules Against Greenville Residents, Allows Gas Station to be Built

GREENVILLE, N.C. (Nov. 21, 2025) — A Pitt County Superior Court judge has cleared the way for a gas station to be built in the…

Voting Rights

Southern Voting Groups Getting Out the Vote in Local Elections This Fall 

DURHAM, N.C. (Oct. 28, 2025) — General elections will be held across the South in late October and early November, with voters deciding who will…

Voting Rights

Voters, Pro-Democracy Groups Seek to Stop Retaliatory Redistricting Targeting NC Black Belt 

DURHAM, N.C. (Oct. 28, 2025) — Individual voters and two pro-democracy groups are challenging the North Carolina General Assembly’s latest congressional map — the fifth…