Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
In school districts across the nation, talented Black students and other students of color are denied a fair opportunity to gain access to the life-changing educational experiences provided by specialized schools for high-achieving students and gifted/talented education programs. As a result, elite public schools and programs, which provide key pathways to college and then to […]
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 | case-update
(New York, NY) Today, the New York City Council introduced three measures to increase diversity in City schools and programs, including a resolution asking the State to expand access to the City’s Specialized High Schools to all New Yorkers by replacing the law which now mandates a single-test admissions policy. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund, along […]
Sunday, February 26, 2006 | case-update
Multi-million dollar settlement secured by NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) along with cooperating attorneys in historic discrimination suit. (New York, NY) — In a groundbreaking action, New York City has agreed to pay more than $21 million to settle a federal class action lawsuit alleging race and national origin discrimination against the […]
Thursday, May 12, 2011 | news
Leading Public Health Experts Agree: Menthol Ban Could Save Hundreds of Thousands of Lives WASHINGTON, May 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration continues to weigh a potential menthol ban, the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Public Health Association, Center for American Progress and Legacy® called for menthol cigarettes to […]
Thursday, December 30, 2010 | news
Accuracy and detailed reporting about security in schools will be a valuable tool that will be used to monitor activity in the schools, the bill’s sponsors believe, as well as identify and address any problems that may occur. The NYPD’s School Safety Division is made up of more than 5,200 officers and school safety agents […]
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 | news
Mr. Buck, Called a Future Danger Because He is Black, Files Petition Seeking New, Fair Sentencing Hearing (Houston, Texas, March 13, 2013) A significant new study finding racial bias in Harris County’s death penalty system was released today in an appeal filed by condemned prisoner, Duane Buck, in Harris County’s 208th Criminal District Court. Mr. […]
Friday, July 15, 2022 | news
Yesterday, the Southern Prisons Coalition, a group of civil and human rights organizations, submitted a new report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination on the devastating consequences of incarceration on Black people throughout the southern United States. With the long-term goal of eliminating all forms of racial […]
Thursday, March 25, 2021 | news
Student Borrower Protection Center and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Call on Stride Funding to Address Evidence of Discrimination, Warn of Broader Fair Lending Risks for Providers of Income Share Agreements The Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC) and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today sent a demand letter to higher […]
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 | news
New Report Highlights Stark Racial Disparities in Prisoner Exonerations Data Showing Innocent African Americans More Likely to be Wrongfully Convicted Today, the National Registry of Exonerations released Race and Wrongful Convictions in the United States, reporting on the sobering facts that African-American prisoners convicted of a murder are 50% more likely to be innocent than […]
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 | news
The explosion of the prison population in recent decades is enabling towns where the prisons are located to unjustly increase their political power by counting inmates as legal residents, according to "Captive Constituents," a new report by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF).
