Latest News
Advancement Project, Partners File Lawsuit in Pennsylvania Court to Overturn Pennsylvania’s Unconstitutional Voter Photo ID Law
Tuesday, May 1, 2012Press Release
For immediate release
Read moreMissouri Court Strikes Down Voter ID Constitutional Amendment Proposal
Thursday, March 29, 2012Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jefferson City, MO – Cole County Circuit Court Judge Patricia S. Joyce ruled on Tuesday in a legal challenge brought by the Advancement Project, Fair Elections Legal Network, American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Western Missouri on behalf of nine Missourians that the ballot language to a proposal to amend the state constitution’s voting requirements is misleading and invalidated the proposed amendment.
Read moreObama Administration Housing Policy May Harm Low-Income Residents’ Health
Wednesday, March 21, 2012Press Release
Washington, DC –Human Impact Partners, Advancement Project, and the Housing Justice Movement of National People’s Action today released the first study on the impact federal housing policy has on the health of public housing residents. The Rental Assistance Demonstration Project: A Health Impact Assessment examines the potential impact of RAD, a pilot project pushed by the Obama administration and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and passed by Congress in late 2011.
Read moreWisconsin Sued Over Racially Discriminatory Voter ID Law
Thursday, February 23, 2012Press Release
For immediate release
Read moreADVANCEMENT PROJECT & NAACP FLORIDA STATE CONFERENCE TO HOST SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE DAY OF ACTION IN FL
Wednesday, January 18, 2012Alert
Join Advancement Project in Tampa, FL on Saturday, January 28, for a Day of Action. Register to attend here.
Read moreFLORIDA ACTION: Tell Legislators You Want more Common Sense in School Discipline
Wednesday, January 18, 2012Alert
We must stop spending taxpayer dollars on arresting students and put common sense into school discipline. Click the images below to view larger, printable postcards or send a note to your legislators now asking them to support SB1886/HS 1445.
Read moreAdvancement Project Releases Civil Rights Restoration Guide for Virginia
Monday, December 5, 2011Alert
We are pleased to announce the release of our updated “Virginia Civil Rights Restoration Guide.” The most current guide follows a version released in 2008 designed to help people convicted of felonies restore their civil rights. Virginia is one of only four states in the country whose laws forever strip individuals’ civil rights upon a felony conviction, including their right to vote, unless individually restored by the Governor.
Read moreCivil Rights Groups, Labor Petition Demands DOJ Block Discriminatory Voting Laws
Monday, November 7, 2011Press Release
ADVANCEMENT PROJECT, VOTO LATINO, AFL-CIO, CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS LAUNCH PETITION TO DEPT OF JUSTICE DEMANDING OPPOSITION TO VOTER DISENFRACHISMENT LAWS The civil rights organization Advancement Project, in partnership with a group of civil rights, labor and other civic organizations, is launching a petition to the Department of Justice on Tuesday, Nov. 8th when millions will go to the polls to vote in state and local elections. It also marks one year until the entire nation will vote in the 2012 Presidential Election.
Read moreTEXAS, NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS CHARGE TEXAS WITH DISCRIMINATORY INTENT OVER STRINGENT PHOTO VOTER ID LAW
Wednesday, September 14, 2011Press Release
Washington, DC – National and local civil rights groups will release a letter today to the Department of Justice charging that an unnecessary, unfair and restrictive photo voter ID law intentionally discriminates against African American and Latino voters.
Read moreCivil Rights Groups Sue Missouri Officials Over “Deceptive and Misleading” Voter ID Ballot Initiative
Thursday, July 7, 2011Press Release
ST. LOUIS, MO -- Advancement Project, the Fair Elections Legal Network (FELN), the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri and the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri today announced a legal challenge to a ballot proposal to amend the state constitution’s voting requirements, saying that the ballot language misleads voters and if passed will restrict the voting rights of Missourians, including the elderly, people with disabilities, and students, among others.
Read more
