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Atlanta Nonprofit Wins National Grant to Bring Economic Equality to Low-Income Communities
October 18, 2016 13:00 ET | Opportunity Finance Network
ATLANTA, Oct. 18, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) today announced that Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE), an Atlanta-based nonprofit that empowers low-income...
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Awards AAJA $400,000 Grant for New Criminal Justice Reporting Project
July 19, 2016 13:00 ET | Asian American Journalists Association
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - July 19, 2016) - The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) a $400,000 grant to partially fund a new criminal justice...
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Appriss Joins White House's Data-Driven Justice Initiative, Releases Important Study on Potential to Divert Low-Risk Individuals
June 30, 2016 16:09 ET | Appriss
LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 30, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Obama Administration announced a new Data-Driven Justice initiative, designed to divert low-level offenders with mental illness out of the...
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NSVRC leads effort to update National Sexual Assault Response Team Toolkit
March 29, 2016 09:04 ET | National Sexual Violence Resource Center
ENOLA, Pa., March 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) announces production of an updated toolkit to address the needs of sexual assault survivors through...
Guantanamo Prisoner, Torture Victim Deserves Justice: The John Marshall Law School International Human Rights Clinic Files Amicus Brief in Appeal
February 11, 2016 13:14 ET | The John Marshall Law School-Chicago
CHICAGO, Feb. 11, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A Washington, D.C., court violated international human rights law when it denied one of the youngest persons held in Guantanamo Bay his right to redress for...
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Edward Labaton Honored as “Champion of Justice” by the Alliance for Justice
October 23, 2015 14:59 ET | Labaton Sucharow LLP
NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Labaton Sucharow LLP is proud to announce that the Alliance for Justice (AFJ) presented Firm partner Edward Labaton with the AFJ’s “Champion of Justice...
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Human Rights Watch Deploys MotionDSP Forensic 5.0 Software to Help the Experts
March 17, 2015 07:27 ET | MotionDSP
Burlingame, CA, March 17, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MotionDSP, a leading provider of image processing and computer vision software, today announced its software donation to Human Rights Watch to...
Documents Obtained by Judicial Watch Detail Role of Justice Department in Organizing Trayvon Martin Protests
July 10, 2013 13:57 ET | Judicial Watch
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - Jul 10, 2013) - Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained documents in response to local, state, and federal records requests revealing that a little-known...
The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Commends President Obama's Choice of Thomas Perez as Secretary of Labor
March 13, 2013 09:05 ET | United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
WASHINGTON, March 13, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) applauds President Obama's appointment of prominent civil rights lawyer, Thomas Perez, as the new...
Real-Life IRS Case Is Basis for New Novel, 'Justice for None'
December 21, 2011 10:35 ET | Author Jessica James
TAMPA, FL--(Marketwire - Dec 21, 2011) - Accountant Jessica James' autobiographical novel, "Justice for None" (www.AuthorJessicaJames.com), is based on her experience as a target in an IRS tax...