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Newly Discovered 1033 Military Surplus Records Show School Districts Around the Country are Receiving Advanced Military Equipment

Education and Civil Rights Groups Call for an End to Militarization of K-12 School Police   UPDATE: After intense public pressure spurred by our letter to the Defense Logistics Agency,  schools districts have begun returning surplus military weapons. Read reports from around the country. Lisa Gartner, Pinellas schools returning M-16 assault rifles, Tampa Bay Times […]

New York’s Anti-Defamation League Features Janai Nelson as Panelist at 21st Annual Edward Brodsky Legal Conference

The Lawyers Division of the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) New York Region held its 21st annual Edward Brodsky Legal Conference, on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at the Times Center in New York City. Each year, the Edward Brodsky Legal Conference brings together distinguished academics, journalists and policy experts to debate timely legal issues. This year’s theme was “The 50th Anniversary of […]

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New York Voting Rights Organizations Urge Governor Cuomo To Promptly Order Special Election For 12 Vacant Legislative Seats

New York, NY—Twelve legislative seats in the New York State Assembly and State Senate are currently vacant, depriving approximately 1.8 million New Yorkers, over 800,000 of whom are people of color, of their fundamental right to representation. Today, the New York Voting Rights Consortium, a group of leading local and national voting rights advocates, urged […]

New York Voting Rights Consortium Issues Statement in Support of Three New York State Ballot Proposals

The New York Voting Rights Consortium, a group of leading local and national voting-rights advocates,[1] issues this statement in support of New York State ballot proposals 1, 3 and 4. In doing so, we recognize the critical opportunity these measures present in advancing the collective interests of BIPOC[2] community members and stakeholders. We support ballot […]

New York Voting Rights Consortium Endorses The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York

Today, the New York Voting Rights Consortium, a non-partisan group of civil rights organizations, reiterated its support for the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York (NYVRA). The consortium, which includes the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and the Center […]

New York Times reports on LDF’s arguments in Fisher vs. University of Texas

The New York Times reported today on LDF’s arguments in the Fisher vs. University of Texas case on remand to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals following the Supreme Court’s decision this past June in which it declined to end the University’s race-conscious admissions plan and sent the case back to the lower court for further proceedings.  Josh […]

New York Times Highlights Injustice and Racism in Duane Buck Case

  In an editorial, the New York Times highlighted the racism and injustice that permeate the death sentence of LDF client Duane Buck.  Mr. Buck was sentence to death in a proceeding in which the jury was told he was dangerous because he was black. LDF represents Mr. Buck in his effort to obtain a […]

New York Times Editorial: One Nation, Indivisible

Fifteen years ago, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit flouted Supreme Court law when it struck down affirmative action at the University of Texas Law School. Last week, in an act of redemption, the appellate court upheld an admissions plan for undergraduates at the University of Texas at Austin that takes […]