Thank you ⁦⁦HHS OCR⁩ for releasing updated Section 1557 regulations. This will help ensure that our most vulnerable communities are protected from discrimination in health care based on their membership in a protected class. hhs.gov/civil-rights/f…

“We should continue to tell the experiences of everyday people who find it impossible almost to get access to the ballot.”

We agree with ⁦⁦Senator Laphonza Butler⁩ (D-Calif), who recently led a Judiciary Committee field hearing in Alabama. punchbowl.news/archive/42624-…

Families are struggling but our organizing is working! Now that the House passed the Tax Relief for American Workers and Families Act, it’s the Senate’s turn to move the expanded #CTC over the finish line.

Join us in urging the Senate to put families first!

Can’t stop. Won’t stop. We are a majority of this country, we who believe in #democracy for all of us. The Leadership Conference

A reminder from Maya Wiley: “One of the reasons why people don't have a lot of faith in this Court is because this is the first Supreme Court since we have had the Second Reconstruction in this country…that has actually taken away from the American people fundamental rights.”

The new OMB race and ethnicity standards announced last month will give the federal government and civil rights organizations a more accurate picture of America's diversity - and opportunities to better serve our communities.

Learn more: bit.ly/4druCVh

We applaud U.S. Department of Labor for its final rule strengthening and expanding overtime protections for workers and their families who are struggling to keep up with rising costs.

We thank the administration for issuing a strong nursing home staffing rule that recognizes improvements that must be made for nursing home residents and workers, many of whom are women and people of color.

Just 1.7% of the 12M+ food service workers in the US have union representation.
 
If confirmed, Acting Secretary Julie Su could eliminate the tipped minimum wage overnight—rescuing millions from poverty wages. #YesJulieSu #EndTipCredit
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The Supreme Court is hearing yet another abortion case—this time around emergency abortion care. Join us outside the court TODAY as we say: #AbortionAlways !

Many Americans fear outright civil war because there is an outright war on our civil rights - from voting to abortion to reading books & learning all our histories. We must make a promise to our democracy to fight for our rights! ⁦The Leadership Conference⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/21/us/…

Thank you CMSGov for releasing rules that aim to improve access to Medicaid programs. #Medicaid is essential for ensuring that all people have access to health care, including people with low incomes and people of color.

Yesterday HHS OCR released a final rule that will improve confidentiality and protect against criminalization for patients receiving reproductive health care. No one should fear criminalization for receiving necessary reproductive health care.

The Supreme Court JUST heard a case on whether it's legal to punish people who are unhoused for being homeless. Grants Pass v. Johnson is the most important case in decades!

Learn more here: civilrights.org/blog/supreme-c…

330 national, state, and local organizations signed on to a letter to Senators urging them to expand the #ChildTaxCredit and oppose any proposals that weaken the #CTC provisions that would benefit 16 million children and their families.
Read the letter 📨
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