Tuesday, October 4, 2022 | news
Today, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy introduced a set of principles to support the development of policies and practices for the building, deployment, and governance of automated systems, a “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights.” In response to the introduction of this Blueprint, Lisa Cylar Barrett, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Director […]
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 | news
Today is the 68th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s historic decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case. In commemoration, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson released the following statement: “On this date 68 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court released its unanimous opinion in the Brown v. Board of […]
Thursday, December 16, 2021 | news
This week, the Biden administration announced its intention to nominate Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Sandra Thompson as the FHFA’s full-time Director. In response, Lisa Cylar Barrett, Director of Policy for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement: “We applaud the Biden Administration’s announcement of its […]
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 | news
Today, for the first time in a decade and for only the 24th time in United States history, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to censure Representative Paul Gosar, who recently posted an animated video in which he is depicted killing a fellow House Representative and menacing President Biden. The House […]
Thursday, March 18, 2021 | news
As the Asian American community deals with Tuesday’s mass shootings in Atlanta that left eight dead, including six Asian women, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational and Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued the following statement: “LDF stands in solidarity with the Asian American community during this painful time. This week’s mass shooting […]
Thursday, April 28, 2022 | news
Today, a divided U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Jane Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C., holding that a number of federal anti-discrimination laws, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, do not permit victims of intentional discrimination to recover damages for emotional distress. As Justice Breyer, joined by Justices Sotomayor and […]
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Senate failed to reach the supermajority threshold needed to overcome the filibuster and open debate regarding the Freedom to Vote Act, a critical piece of federal voting rights legislation. In response, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement: “It is both […]
Saturday, May 14, 2022 | news
Today, an 18-year-old white supremacist shot and killed at least 10 individuals in a shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket that law enforcement is treating as a hate crime. In response, Janai S. Nelson, President and Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), issued the following statement: “We send our deepest condolences to the […]
Thursday, September 24, 2020 | news
This week, President Trump issued an “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” that takes aim at federal agencies, grant programs, and contractors – forbidding them from engaging in programs and trainings that promote diversity and inclusion and conditioning federal funding on adherence to a prescribed belief system. The executive order also threatens penalties […]
Saturday, May 25, 2024 | news
Today marks four years since George Floyd was murdered by former Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin. Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), issued the following statement about the incident that triggered unprecedented protests around the world: “We extend our heartfelt condolences to George Floyd’s family and stand with them […]
