Thursday, June 24, 2021 | news
Today, in a bipartisan 53-40 vote, the United States Senate confirmed Candace Jackson-Akiwumi to serve on the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Lisa Cylar Barrett, Director of Policy at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding the confirmation: “We congratulate Candace Jackson-Akiwumi on her well-deserved confirmation […]
Wednesday, December 30, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement in response to Senator McConnell’s introduction of a bill that combines an increase in stimulus payments to $2,000 with the creation of a commission to study election fraud. “For months, Senator McConnell and his allies in the Senate abandoned the American […]
Wednesday, March 23, 2022 | news
Today, Vice President Kamala Harris announced the administration’s action plan to Advance Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) to end racial and ethnic discrimination in the home appraisals process which has historically led to the undervaluing of homes owned by Black and Brown people. According to a 2021 study by Freddie Mac, based on data […]
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 | news
Today, in a promising exercise of the President’s clemency authority, the Biden administration issued a number of pardons and commutations, and announced a series of investments to support post-incarceration re-entry programs and other means of community support. Among these investments are an expansion of federal employment opportunities to include education, training, and mentorship; improved access […]
Thursday, December 23, 2021 | news
Today, the Biden administration announced a new group of nominees to the judiciary, including Ms. J. Michelle Childs for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Ms. Nancy G. Abudu for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In response, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP […]
Wednesday, August 24, 2022 | news
Today, the Biden administration announced a plan to cancel $10,000 in student debt for American borrowers earning $125,000 or less per year. The administration also announced that a pause on student loan payments that has been in effect since the beginning of the pandemic would be further extended to December 31, 2022, and that an […]
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 | news
Today, the Biden Administration announced its latest round of judicial nominations, including NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Deputy Director of Litigation Natasha Merle, who has been a member of the LDF litigation team since January 2016. In response to the nomination, LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued the following statement: “We […]
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 | news
Days after the water system in Jackson, Mississippi, home to the second-largest Black population in the United States, reached its breaking point, Baltimore, Maryland, 62% of whose residents are Black, is now facing a water and public health crisis of its own. An active boil water order is in effect for residents in parts of […]
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 | news
Today, as William Barr serves his final day as Attorney General of the United States, Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement: “The tenure of Attorney General William Barr marks one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the Department of Justice. […]
Friday, June 11, 2021 | news
Today, United States Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered a policy address on voting rights and the work the Department of Justice (DOJ) is undertaking to protect and expand access to the ballot box. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding the […]
