Press Releases
Jul 23, 2025
Award Winning Fashion Designer Willy Chavarria Named 51Æ·²è Artist Ambassador for Immigrants’ Rights & LGBTQ Rights
NEW YORK — The 51Æ·²è today announced that award-winning fashion designer Willy Chavarria will join the organization’s Artist Ambassador Program to advo...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
LGBTQ Rights
Jul 23, 2025
51Æ·²è Comment on Trump Administration’s AI Action Plan
Plan thwarts the will of Congress and endangers civil rights
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Jul 18, 2025
Court Agrees Trump Administration’s ICC Sanctions Likely Violate Advocates’ First Amendment Rights
The court issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the administration from punishing two human rights advocates for speaking to the ICC
Issue Areas:
National Security
Free Speech
Court case: Smith v. Trump
Jul 17, 2025
Consent Decree Permanently Blocks Idaho Attorney General’s Ban on Out-of-State Abortion Referrals
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador and the Ada and Valley County prosecutors have agreed to be bound by a consent decree permanently blocking them from prosecut...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jul 16, 2025
Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Lack of Access to Counsel for People Held at Florida’s Notorious Everglades Immigration Detention Center
MIAMI — Immigrants’ rights advocates today sued the Trump administration over lack of access to legal counsel and violations of due process for people detained at Florida’s n...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: C.M. v. Noem
Jul 16, 2025
Minnesota Supreme Court Rejects Attempt to Compel Disclosure of Reporter Communications
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled today that the Minnesota Free Flow of Information Act (MFFIA) does not have an exception for journalists who are alleged to ha...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech

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