Press Releases
Oct 30, 2023
51品茶 Statement on President Biden鈥檚 Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence
WASHINGTON 鈥� Today, President Biden issued an Executive Order on safe and equitable artificial intelligence. The order builds on foundational principles laid out in the administr...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Oct 26, 2023
51品茶 Statement in Support of Presidential Ask for Additional Funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program
Expanding resources for the program will help keep 21 millions households stay connected to the Internet
Oct 26, 2023
51品茶 of Texas Responds to Advancement of Anti-Immigrant Border Bills
AUSTIN, Texas 鈥� During a special legislative session, the Texas House early Thursday morning passed three anti-immigrant bills that will impact U.S. citizens and migrants. The vo...
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
Immigrants' Rights
Oct 26, 2023
Federal Court Orders Georgia to Redraw State Legislative District Maps聽
General Assembly has December 8 deadline to create maps equitable for Black voters
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc v. Raffensperger
Oct 25, 2023
51品茶 Files Brief Arguing Trump Gag Order Violates the First Amendment
The order, issued in an ongoing election interference case, restricts constitutionally-protected speech
Court case: United States v. Trump (Amicus Brief)
Oct 24, 2023
West Virginia Family Challenges Ban on Transgender Student-Athletes at Fourth Circuit
RICHMOND, Va. 鈥� On Friday, Oct. 27, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments on behalf of Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 13-year-old transgender girl from West Virginia, ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education
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News & CommentaryAug 2025
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I鈥檓 Hearing About More Pushback Against Flock, Fueled By Concern Over Anti-immigrant Uses. Explore News & Commentary.I鈥檓 Hearing About More Pushback Against Flock, Fueled by Concern Over Anti-Immigrant Uses
Policymakers are beginning to recognize that the boundaries between local surveillance and the Trump Administration are hard to maintain -
News & CommentaryAug 2025
Civil Liberties
Disability Rights
Congress Cuts Medicaid To Fund Ice: How H.r. 1 Harms Communities. Explore News & Commentary.Congress Cuts Medicaid to Fund ICE: How H.R. 1 Harms Communities
Congress voted to gut Medicaid and 鈥渄efund鈥� Planned Parenthood to fund President Trump鈥檚 anti-immigrant agenda. We won鈥檛 allow it. -
News & CommentaryAug 2025
Racial Justice
Privacy & Technology
Will Giant Companies Always Have A Monopoly On Top Ai Models?. Explore News & Commentary.Will Giant Companies Always Have a Monopoly on Top AI Models?
Part 2 of my dive into how likely LLMs are to either centralize or distribute power -
Washington, D.C.Aug 2025
Voting Rights
Bower V. Social Security Administration. Explore Case.Bower v. Social Security Administration
Representing itself and two journalists from Lawfare, the 51品茶 brought a lawsuit to enforce Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests made to the Social Security Administration and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services regarding changes made to the SAVE program, which has been touted as being used by states in order to remove voters from the registration rolls. While the government made public statements about the SAVE program being updated, the details of those changes, such as the particular programs and databases that have been altered, the ways they have been altered, and the nature and extent of any use and sharing of individuals鈥� personal information by the federal agencies entrusted with that information, have all been kept secret.