Friday, May 8, 2015 | news
Friday letters: Democracy in action Right to vote “For decades in Texas, the bottom line remains the same: When voters of color are on the brink of exercising increased electoral strength, those in charge have often chosen to prevent these voters’ participation, rather than to respond to these voters’ needs and priorities as citizens. This […]
Thursday, April 30, 2015 | news
PODCAST: 5th Circuit to Hear Texas Voter ID Case Houston’s Morning News with Matt Patrick welcomes Natasha Korgaonkar with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, to discuss the latest details about Texas Voter ID. Listen in for details.
Saturday, June 6, 2015 | news
Clinton Rips GOP On Voting Rights While Calling For Universal Voter Registration “The choice of location was really apt,” said Natasha Korgaonkar, [Assistant Counsel] at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund who is involved in the lawsuit against Texas’ voter ID law. “It’s really important that issues of voting rights and expanding the right to vote […]
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 | news
Natasha Korgaonkar briefly identifies how Photo ID law would prevent many from casting their votes.
Thursday, March 21, 2024 | staff
Natalie Thigpen joined LDF in December 2023 as the Chief Communications and Marketing Officer. As an accomplished communications and marketing professional with 20+ years of experience, Natalie has a deep understanding of how critical it is to continuously deploy and evolve best-in-class programs and tactics to drive the success of an organization. In previous roles […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | board-of-directors
Tuesday, January 7, 2025 | case-issue
Nairne v. Landry Challenging Louisiana’s State legislative maps Nairne v. Landry is a lawsuit that was filed in March 2022 challenging Louisiana’s House and Senate legislative maps that severely dilute the voting strength of Black voters. The lawsuit argues that Louisiana legislative maps violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). The […]
Monday, May 18, 2015 | news
Applications are being accepted for a new, prestigious, competitive law school scholarship, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (“LDF”) announced today. LDF revamped its Earl Warren Scholarship to target law students pursuing a career in racial justice and civil rights and increased the three-year scholarship amount from $9,000 to $30,000. LDF also announced changes […]
Friday, November 6, 2020 | ldf-perspectives
On December 17 2021, LDF and Public Citizen announced a settlement in the historic case NAACP v. United States Postal Service. Filed in August 2020, it challenged USPS delivery delays and inadequate measures to ensure timely delivery of mail-in ballots for the November 2020 election. Our suit resulted in USPS implementing court-ordered “extraordinary measures” for […]
Monday, December 7, 2020 | case-issue
On August 20 2020, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Public Citizen filed a lawsuit on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) against the United States Postal Service (USPS). Our suit, which was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, argues that recent changes by […]
