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Senate Confirms Jacqueline A. Berrien As Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commision
12/22/10The Senate confirmed by Jacqueline A. Berrien, the former Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), as Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commision (EEOC) by unanimous consent on December 22, 2010. Berrien was nominated for the position by President Obama on July 16, 2009. Due to the Senate inaction on her appointment, the President had signed a recess appointment for her on March 27, 2010. The Senate confirmed her fellow commissioners, Chai Feldblum and Victoria Lipnik as well.
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City Will Require Police to Report on School
12/20/10Source:New York TimesThe New York City Council voted on Monday to require the Police and Education Departments to produce regular reports on arrests, summonses and suspensions of public school students, a victory for civil liberties advocates who say that the school police have sometimes been too aggressive in trying to keep order.
The measure, which was introduced in August 2008, was approved unanimously after compromises were made to satisfy the police and education officials.
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Kristen Clarke on WBAI's "Wake Up Call"
12/15/10Source:WBAI Wake Up CallHear Kristen Clarke, Co-Director of LDF's Political Participation Group, discuss the importance of Section 5 of the VRA with Mimi Rosenberg on "Wake Up Call."
Listen here. (Interview begins at 25:00)
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Prisoners of the Census: Dale Ho Interview
12/01/10Source:Prisoners of the CensusPeter Wagner:
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The Birmingham News: Voting Rights Act still vital, representatives of Shelby County blacks tell judge
11/26/10Source:The Birmingham NewsWASHINGTON -- The U.S. Justice Department and civil rights advocates representing black voters in Shelby County have asked a federal judge to uphold the historic Voting Rights Act as a fair and still-necessary deterrent to bias at the ballot box.