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    17 hours ago

    : We took over 's Instagram story today! We send our sincerest thanks to Lady Gaga for lending us her platform so we could talk about our work and our efforts. Watch the full takeover here:

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  2. 15 hours ago

    "[HUD] should be working to strengthen tools to eradicate discrimination in housing and to promote fair access. Instead, the Trump Administration is proposing to disable a crucial means of ensuring equal treatment under the law." --

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  3. 16 hours ago

    HUD is resisting calls to withdraw their proposal that would change . HUD's proposed change would require plaintiffs to meet a five-step threshold to prove unintentional discrimination, replacing the current three-step threshold.

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  4. Retweeted
    21 hours ago

    Another facility has more than 600 positive tests. COVID-19 is spreading like wildfire through Arkansas prisons, and Arkansas has yet to take the steps necessary to stop it.

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    21 hours ago

    Now they have an even bigger outbreak at the Ouachita River Unit, which houses many of the most medically vulnerable incarcerated people in the state. 1,162 people have tested positive, and two have died so far this month.

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    21 hours ago

    We () sued Arkansas in April over their failure to keep incarcerated people safe from COVID-19. At the time, Arkansas had one of the worst outbreaks in any facility at the country at Cummins Unit. Arkansas said they could keep people at other facilities safe.

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  7. Jul 14

    "We call on elected officials in Alabama to keep voters and poll workers safe by issuing [PPE] to poll workers and providing access to absentee ballots without draconian voter ID and witness requirements that put voters’ health at risk."--

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  8. Jul 14

    "LDF has long opposed the death penalty in all cases. It is an unconstitutionally arbitrary punishment that should have been abolished decades ago." --, Director of Litigation

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  9. Jul 14

    Congress must act now and protect communities by passing the . The loss of housing and the loss of access to running water will only worsen the pandemic as individuals lose the ability to socially distance and stay clean.

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  10. Jul 14

    🚨🚨: AL, GA, SC, MS, and LA have all ended their moratoriums on evictions and utility shutoffs. Many families are now at risk of being evicted from their homes and put in the impossible situation of trying to fight without running water or electricity.

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  11. Jul 14

    "The suit accuses the city of violating various civil rights of the protesters and residents..."

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  12. Jul 14

    "In places where you have...single-family zoning ordinances, that contributes to the lack of available housing, and certainly to the lack of affordable housing...Early on, zoning ordinances were used to specifically ban Blacks from living in certain areas." --

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  13. Jul 14

    "There are many things that contribute to [the homeownership gap]...Redlining still exists in this country in terms of mortgage and credit availability to Black families and how properties are valued."

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  14. Jul 14

    “Our clients deserve safety and security in their own neighborhood and to be free of fear of discrimination and police terror.” -LDF Assistant Counsel ()

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  15. Jul 14

    Today, LDF, , and filed a lawsuit against the City of Philadelphia for the PPD's blatant disregard for the health and safety of its residents on May 31st. Read the filed complaint:

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  16. Jul 14

    On May 31, used military-style munitions on children &the elderly in a predominantly-Black community for no apparent reason. Kitty Heite was helping protect children from gas canisters that day: "The expressions on those girls faces is a thing I will never forget."

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    Jul 14

    We're live, talking about housing discrimination. and author Richard Rothstein join us.

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  18. Jul 14

    Homeownership is the main source of wealth for many American families. However, discriminatory housing practices, in many cases, have barred Black families from homeownership. Director of Policy, joined to discuss housing discrimination.

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    Jul 14

    TODAY: filed suit w/ for PPD's attack of a predominantly Black neighborhood in West Philly Officers shot tear gas down residential streets. One client was inside when her kids asked why their eyes were burning, as teargas entered their home.

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    On May 31st, protesters were subjected to relentless police violence. Without provocation, unleashed dangerous military style munitions, including rubber bullets, tear gas, & pepper spray, against protesters, residents & bystanders.
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    Jul 14

    The images from that day look like a war scene and have stayed with our clients—residents of the community who were impacted while walking home, sitting on their porches, or even inside their homes. Black people deserve to feel safe in our own communities. .

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