Briefing Reports
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Public Education Funding Inequity in an Era of Increasing Concentration of Poverty and Resegregation This report addresses pervasive disparities in funding for public education, and offers actionable recommendations with a goal of improving educational opportunity and student achievement across all segments of our nation’s student population. |
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Targeted Fines and Fees Against Communities of Color This report examines the reality and real harm of cities imposing fines and fees on residents to raise city funds rather than to secure legal compliance and increase public safety and DOJ’s enforcement efforts to encourage constitutional practices and hold jurisdictions accountable for constitutional violations. |
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Environmental Justice: Examining the Environmental Protection Agency's Compliance and Enforcement of Title VI and Executive Order 12,898 This report examines whether the Environmental Protection Agency is complying with its environmental justice obligations. |
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Increasing Compliance with Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act The report examines state compliance with the National Voter Registration Act’s mandate to provide voter registration forms and assistance to those utilizing public assistance and disability agencies. |
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Peaceful Coexistence: Reconciling Nondiscrimination Principles with Civil Liberties This report examined the balance struck by federal courts, foremost among them the U.S. Supreme Court, in adjudicating claims for religious exemptions from otherwise applicable nondiscrimination law. |