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From cutting-edge policy research to illuminating analysis, we bring a racial equity lens to the most pressing issues facing our country. For our latest blog posts and media updates, visit our Media page.

If we truly want to build inclusive democracy, we must articulate an affirmative vision of voting rights in the Constitution itself.

Policy Briefs
Laura Williamson
Brenda Wright

Challenge to halt implementation of an Indiana state law that would have purged voters without notice based on unreliable third-party data from the Crosscheck program.

Case
Updated August 24, 2020
Indiana
Pending

FRRC offers this brief to make three points informed by its experience working with formerly convicted persons struggling to participate in Florida’s democracy under the strictures of SB7066.

Litigation

Congress must address how Black, Indigenous, and Latinx people confront both the worst health outcomes and the greatest threats to household financial stability as a result of the pandemic.

Policy Briefs
Amy Traub

Our case challenging Florida's lack of necessary emergency accommodations for presidential primary election due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Case
Updated July 22, 2020
Florida
Decided

This platform proposes a set of actions the executive branch can take to equitably address the climate crisis without new legislation, major new appropriations, or other Congressional authority.

Policy Briefs

The case for mandatory participation in U.S. elections.

Research

Over 100 community, civil rights, consumer, and student advocacy organizations urge House and Senate leadership to insist on student debt cancellation for all borrowers during negotiations over the next coronavirus relief package.

Testimony and Public Comment

This brief describes the challenges currently facing Black and brown people when voting by mail and presents policy recommendations at each step of the vote-by-mail process to mitigate those problems.

Policy Briefs
Laura Williamson

A toolkit to help local leaders and communities identify and act on the warning signs of a wrongful purge and to understand how federal law restricts  such purges.

Policy Briefs