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Driver Challenges Medical Transportation Management’s (MTM) Unlawful Background Check Policy
DRM Wins Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging State’s Practice of Indefinitely Detaining Criminal Defendants with Disabilities
Washington Lawyers’ Committee Statement Regarding Illegal Immigration Arrests in DC
U.S. District Judge ordered a halt to the Trump administration’s unlawful deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C.
Community Members and Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Take Trump Administration to Court to Stop Illegal Arrests of Immigrants
Civil Rights and Legal Services Community Unite to Stop Policing by National Guard in DC
Federal Judge Finds That Forcing High School Students to Convey Confederate School Names Violates Their Constitutional Rights
A Rotten Foundation: Wage Theft in the District of Columbia’s Affordable Housing Construction
Civil Rights Group ERC Alleges Luxury D.C. Apartments Discriminated Against Applicants with Housing Vouchers, Past Criminal History, Evictions
Construction Workers Announce $700,000 Settlement of Wage Theft Lawsuit
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