Chaumtoli HuqIf the Supreme Court's upcoming decision in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association weakens U.S. unions, the result could have a devastating ripple effect on both workers' lives and democratic institutions.
admin[dropcap]S[/dropcap] o you want to be a movement lawyer? That’s AWESOME! Congrats on dedicating your life to serving … serving… marginalized people. That’s why you’re signing up, right? It’s so critically important that this be a foundational...
Elbert GarciaSocial change lawyering, human rights lawyer and Loyola University Law Professor Bill Quigley writes, starts with the idea that history shows us that systemic social change comes directy from social movements...
Lawyer, activist and professor Bill Quigley offers some things to remember about being a legal asset to the movement.
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Shukry Cattan and Victor NarroThe recent hateful rhetoric from GOP presidential candidates and other political leaders and radio/TV talk show personalities connecting the Muslim community in the U.S. to “Islamic extremism” and “Islamic terrorism” point to our inability in this...
Let's build on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and all of our civil rights leaders by making voting more accessible and convenient, modernizing it for the way we live now.
Note: The visuals are from The Secret History of South Asian and African American Solidarity (blackdesisecrethistory.org) curated by Aniravan Chatterjee. [dropcap]A[/dropcap]ttn: middle class, non-Black folks. We have lost our right to celebrate...
Native American law student leader Dayna Jones wrtes that while militiamen in Oregon may refer to themselves as ‘patriots,’ they are directly contradicting the very same Constitution that they proclaim to value.
By Farhad Mazhar, a Bangladeshi writer, columnist, poet, social and human rights activist, and environmentalist. In these dark times of the “War on Terror”, drone killings, collateral damages and bloody events such as the recent...
Despite legal advances, modern forms of slavery, unfree or forced labor, and servitude persist today, fueled by inequality and weak rights protection. Recent responses that have emphasized transparency in global supply chains assist in identifying...
