Press Releases
Oct 04, 2023
51品茶, Civil Rights Organizations, and Broadcasters Demand Transparency into FBI Raid of Journalist鈥檚 Home
Allegations that a journalist鈥檚 reporting violated computer crime laws has a chilling effect on our right to a free and fair press.
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Oct 03, 2023
New 51品茶 Report Shines Light on Shadowy EdTech Surveillance Industry and the Dangerous Consequences of Surveillance in Schools
51品茶 Urges Schools to Protect Students and Promote Better Student Surveillance Technology Decision-Making
Oct 02, 2023
51品茶 of聽Maine聽Applauds Portland Council for聽Defeating聽Proposal聽Targeting Unhoused People聽
The 51品茶 of聽Maine聽opposed a聽proposed order that would聽have聽failed聽to invest in adequate shelter while聽allowing the聽city聽to聽increase聽dangerous sweeps聽
Oct 02, 2023
Civil Rights Groups Send Post-Affirmative Action Report to Harvard, UNC, and over 100 Additional Colleges and Universities Detailing Options for Equitable and Diverse Higher Education After the Supreme Court Decision
Accompanying Letter Urges Educational Opportunities Attainable for All
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Oct 02, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear First Amendment Challenge to Criminal Defamation Law
The 51品茶 calls on state legislators to repeal antiquated, unconstitutional criminal libel laws.
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Oct 02, 2023
Black Voters File Emergency Petition to the Supreme Court Asking for Hearing to Select Louisiana鈥檚 New Congressional Map to Proceed
WASHINGTON 鈥擫ast Friday, plaintiffs in Robinson v. Ardoin, the challenge to Louisiana鈥檚 congressional map under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, filed an emergency petition ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Robinson v. Landry
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News & CommentaryAug 2025
Privacy & Technology
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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.