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Broad Coalition Urges Justice Department to Reject Discriminatory Louisiana Redistricting Plan
5/13/11[New York]--Today, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”), the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus, the National Urban League, and the NAACP State Conference of Louisiana issued a joint letter urging the Attorney General to reject a proposed redistricting plan for the Louisiana State House of Representatives. The organizations argue that Louisiana has failed to meet its burden of showing that the redistricting plan was not adopted with a discriminatory purpose as required under the Section 5 preclearance provision of the Voting Rights Act.
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New Studies Show an FDA Menthol Ban Would Benefit Public Health, Garner Broad Public Support
5/12/11Source:PR NewswireLeading Public Health Experts Agree: Menthol Ban Could Save Hundreds of Thousands of Lives
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In New Orleans, Many Have Yet to Travel the Road Home
5/10/11Source:The Huffington PostEveryone knows that the Road Home Program, though well intentioned, has been deeply flawed since its inception. In 2007, working with the National Fair Housing Alliance, my staff at the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Center and I set out to right at least one of the major program flaws.
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Fight for Justice Continues for NYC Public School Custodians
5/06/11
Appellate Court mandates further scrutiny of discrimination remedies for African-American and Hispanic school custodians in New York -
Redistricting: How do you count state prisoners?
5/05/11Source:Capitol WeeklyCalifornia’s 80th Assembly District has another claim to fame besides being vast and largely empty: One out of every 11 people in it is a prison inmate who didn’t choose to be there.
If Assemblyman Mike Davis gets his way, in a decade, the 80th AD would get even more vast empty land — because those prisoners wouldn’t count when it comes to drawing new political districts.