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“This proposal was clearly retaliatory legislation in response to the public demands for racial justice we witnessed last year. Had this become law, it would have dissuaded people from engaging in constitutionally protected acts of protest and empowered law enforcement to target those who...
“Today’s decision is one of the first applications of the Supreme Court’s ban on sex discrimination to employees of private religious schools,” said Irena Como, senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina. “The court sent a clear message that Charlotte Catholic...
RALEIGH, N.C. - This afternoon, the N.C.
RALEIGH, N.C. - Earlier today, the N.C. House of Representatives gave final legislative approval to HB 805, a bill vigorously advanced by Speaker Tim Moore in retaliation for last summer’s protests demanding racial justice and police accountability.
“So much work is needed to expose and undo the brutality of our jails and prisons, and it’s the same kind of work that went into this bill getting to this point. It is the same kind of work that SisterSong, Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective in North Carolina, RestoreHER, and many...
RALEIGH, N.C. - This morning, the N.C. Senate passed House Bill 324 (HB 324), a bill that would restrict lessons about racism and sexism in the classroom.