Laws say you’re entitled to $15 an hour, but that doesn’t mean you get it. Laws are statements of intent, enforcement makes the laws real. — // by Kate Torgovnick May I n Travis County, Texas, which includes the city of Austin, there’s a new district attorney in town. …

Attorneys general must make clear the LGBTQ+ community merits the most zealous advocacy by their state to help realize true liberation. — By Jonathan Miller and Amanda Hainsworth I n a concurring opinion issued in Dobbs last week, Justice Clarence Thomas argued that the Supreme Court “should reconsider” its past rulings on contraception access, intimate conduct, and marriage equality. His point was that those decisions — dating back to the 1960s — suffer from the same supposed faulty…

Our fellows hail from all over the country with all kinds of backgrounds — as humans and as lawyers. We asked them, ‘what does equitable enforcement mean to you?’ — PRP founded the Affirmative Leaders Fellowship to advance justice and equality at the state, local, and tribal levels of government, and that means finding the right lawyers to make that vision possible. Through our partnerships with governments across the country, this year’s cohort of 23 attorneys will work on a…

Voters shouldn’t get to choose whether drivers have rights because those rights are protected by law. — O n Tuesday afternoon, Stephen Levine was having lunch when he heard his phone ping telling him about the ballots, and he “jumped for joy.” This is a battle drivers have been waging for years. This past Tuesday, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court sided with a coalition of drivers in…

Local democracy is a powerful ally for racial justice. Our virtual roundtable shows how we’ve begun to use it to take down DeSantis. — Decades of local organizing, coupled with the Black Lives Matter movement and the fury and protests ignited by the murder of George Floyd, catalyzed significant momentum for police reform across the country. This momentum is promising, but many states have begun using a lesser-known legal tool — preemption — to…

A Q&A with Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on the enduring fight for legal rights and how community partners make that push for justice possible. — T his past October, PRP’s founder Jill Habig sat down by the virtual fireside with Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul to talk about closing the gap between the promise of our laws and the lived realities of communities across the country. Below is an excerpt of their conversation.

Every dollar you give supports our fight for racial justice, working people, tenants, and underserved communities. Help us enforce the law and break cycles of oppression. Giving Tuesday can be overwhelming — there’s no shortage of problems in this world—but it also provides the chance for us to leverage our…

White beauty standards have long plagued Black and brown communities. — The personal is political and one enduring example is hair. Often overlooked or underestimated as a place of power dynamics, Black and brown hair has long served as a target of racial oppression. The afro has historically been synonymous with Black pride and power, but even today students are punished…

Come behind the scenes to help us celebrate our progress in taking Handy to task and championing the voices of gig workers. — Over the past 6 months, PRP and our government partners in Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Seattle have been busy. Very busy. We’ve been launching public investigations, filing civil suits, and collecting vital stories from the community to hold Handy — the gig home cleaning and maintenance company…