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Media featuring the Washington Lawyers’ Committee staff and work.
Charles H. v the District of Columbia: Fighting for Incarcerated Students’ Rights to Education
- DC Bar Foundation
Can DC Move The Needle On Race-Focused Housing Policy?
- Law 360
Barry Farm Redevelopment Project to Begin in September
- Fox 5
D.C. Police Officers Charged With Murder and Obstruction Motion to Dismiss the Case
- Washington City Paper
After Two Decades in Solitary, This Is His First Day Out
- New York Times
Gang Affiliation Data Project
- Chicago Justice Project
The District of Columbia Allows Incarcerated People to Vote, a Rarity in the U.S.
- Missouri Independent
Inside D.C. Police’s Sprawling Network of Surveillance
- The Intercept
Buffalo Suspect Charged With Federal Hate Crimes, Could Face Death Penalty
- The Washington Post
D.C.’s Incarcerated Residents Have The Right To Vote, But Sometimes It’s Easier Said Than Done
- DCist
“Dr. King said, ‘the moral arc of the universe bends toward justice.’ But only when people pull it toward justice. The Washington Lawyers’ Committee is doing the pulling, and our city and the nation are better for it.”
Eric Holder, former Attorney General of the United States

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