Monday, March 15, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Senate confirmed Rep. Deb Haaland as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), the agency responsible for protecting the nation’s natural resources and public lands, honoring its commitment to tribal nations, and advocating for America’s island communities. Secretary Haaland is the first Native American to serve in a Cabinet position. […]
Thursday, December 24, 2020 | news
This week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) bill into law. Going into effect in 2023, AVR will enable eligible voters to be automatically registered when interacting with a variety of state and local agencies. New York becomes the 19th state plus the District of Columbia to enact AVR. In […]
Monday, April 19, 2021 | news
Today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed H.B. 1, an anti-protestor bill that creates a new criminal penalty called “mob intimidation,” intensifies criminal and civil penalties for those who engage in protests, and allows specific elected officials to appeal when a municipality reduces the operating budget of its police department. In response, NAACP Legal Defense and […]
Thursday, March 25, 2021 | news
Today, the Georgia state legislature passed S.B. 202, voter suppression legislation that was signed into law this evening by Governor Brian Kemp. Among other suppressive measures, S.B. 202 places new restrictions on absentee/mail-in voting and drop box submissions, bars the use of mobile voting vans, allows for limitless challenges to voter registration and eligibility, and […]
Monday, April 12, 2021 | news
In response to last night’s tragic killing of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued the following statement: “Last night, a police officer shot and killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man outside Minneapolis after a traffic stop. In Virginia yesterday, the Governor […]
Thursday, April 14, 2022 | news
In response to the police killing of Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, Michigan, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational and Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the following statement: “We extend our deepest condolences to the family of Patrick Lyoya, and we stand with them as they seek justice and accountability for the […]
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 | news
This morning, Facebook’s Oversight Board announced that it is upholding its previous suspension of former President Donald Trump’s account and directed Facebook to reexamine the indefinite suspension the company imposed on Mr. Trump on January 7. Facebook indefinitely suspended Mr. Trump’s account one day after an insurrection at our nation’s capital in an attempt to overturn the […]
Thursday, July 15, 2021 | news
Today, the Biden Administration announced the first disbursement of monthly expanded Child Tax Credit payments to middle- and low-income families with children. Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”), issued the following statement in response: “We applaud the Biden Administration for taking this important step towards tackling one […]
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 | news
Today marks the two-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, during which the Biden Administration released Executive Order 14074 on Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety. The order advances a number of law enforcement accountability measures, as well as broader actions intended to address deficiencies in our […]
Friday, July 1, 2022 | news
Yesterday, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will initiate an investigation of the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) Special Victims Division to determine whether it engages in a pattern or practice of gender-biased policing, in violation of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, […]
