Tuesday, July 28, 2020 | board-of-directors
Friday, November 16, 2018 | staff
Lisa Cylar Barrett is the Director of Policy at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. Ms. Cylar Barrett initially joined LDF as Senior Policy Counsel and in that role led the policy efforts related to Economic Justice. Prior to joining LDF, Ms. Cylar Barrett served as the Managing Director, Federal Policy at PolicyLink. […]
Thursday, November 14, 2019 | staff
Lisa Cylar Barrett is the Director of Policy at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. Ms. Cylar Barrett initially joined LDF as Senior Policy Counsel and in that role led the policy efforts related to Economic Justice. Prior to joining LDF, Ms. Cylar Barrett served as the Managing Director, Federal Policy at PolicyLink. […]
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 | news
As a result of decisive victories Tuesday night in Delaware and Maryland, Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-Senate) and Angela Alsobrooks (MD-Senate) will become the first two Black women to serve in the U.S. Senate at the same time in our nation’s history. Both women also will become the first Black women U.S. Senators to represent each […]
Monday, January 31, 2011 | news
There are legal and practical merits on both sides of the issue. Nozzolio pointed to a section of New York’s Constitution that says the census data “shall be controlling” for redistricting purposes. He argued this supersedes any law, and blasted the corrections data as having “no check or verification.” Linda Foglia, a spokeswoman for the Department […]
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 | staff
Lindsey is a writer with a background in journalism, communications, and cultural studies. She completed her undergraduate degree in Black Studies and English Literature and has a dual master’s degrees from New York University in Global Journalism and Social & Cultural Analysis. Lindsey is from Philadelphia and previously served as Project and Communications Manager for […]
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 | news
How plaintiffs attorneys believe recent voter ID court decisions affect case in Alabama “We actually expect this case to be, unfortunately, resolved later than this election,” says [Lilly Zaragoza, LDF John Payton Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy Fellow.] However, she adds, “There have been a lot of changes and a lot of victories last week. […]
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 | news
Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado and the Persistence of Racial Bias in the Criminal Justice System Last week the Court heard argument in Buck v. Davis, a case in which Duane Buck was sentenced to death because his own counsel relied on an expert witness who testified that because Mr. Buck was African-American, he was more likely […]
Monday, January 14, 2019 | staff
Liliana Zaragoza (she/her/hers) serves as Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF). She was previously the inaugural John Payton Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy Fellow from 2015 through 2016, and she returned to LDF in 2018. Liliana maintains a diverse docket including voting rights, school desegregation cases, and civil criminal […]
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 | news
(New York, NY) — Today, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office announced that it will not seek another death sentence for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Pennsylvania law now requires Mr. Abu-Jamal to be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for his controversial 1982 murder conviction in the shooting death of a police officer in Philadelphia, […]
