Wednesday, July 8, 2015 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) enthusiastically welcomes today’s announcement by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) of the issuance of a final “affirmatively furthering fair housing” regulation. This new rule will provide communities with much needed assistance in identifying steps and taking action to promote racial integration and expand […]
Thursday, April 26, 2012 | news
(New York, NY) – The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) applauds the issuance of detailed guidelines by the Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that makes it easier for those who have paid their debt to society to transition back into the workforce. The new guidelines instruct employers to consider only important and […]
Monday, May 12, 2025 | news
Today, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law the Colorado Voting Rights Act (COVRA), protecting Coloradans from discrimination at the ballot box and safeguarding their freedom to vote. The COVRA will, among other things, enshrine powerful new state-level protections to combat voter suppression and vote dilution, expand language access by requiring multilingual ballots, and establish […]
Thursday, January 9, 2025 | news
Media Contact: Troi Barnes, media@naacpldf.org The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) today applauded the Mayor and City Council of Minneapolis for entering into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to reform the Minneapolis Police Department’s pattern or practice of systemic abuses. The agreement, known as a consent decree, was adopted by the city council […]
Friday, May 17, 2024 | news
Yesterday, Governor Wes Moore of Maryland signed HB732/SB894 into law, which is the second to last step to give the Baltimore City Council legislative authority over the Baltimore City Police Department (BPD). For 160 years, the BPD was under state control. The bill signing caps the state’s legislative session, which ushered in the passage of […]
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 | news
(New York) — The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) applauds the California State Legislature for passing legislation to end prison-based gerrymandering in California, and Assembly Member Mike Davis, who sponsored the bill. This new legislation will help bring California’s redistricting process in line with basic principles of democracy, and will serve as […]
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 | case-update
Washington, D.C. – Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) joined other civil rights and education groups in supporting introduction of the Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act (PBSESA) – a bill to fund positive, preventative approaches to discipline in U.S. schools. The bipartisan bill, sponsored by U.S. Representatives Danny […]
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 | news
Washington, D.C. – Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) joined other civil rights and education groups in supporting introduction of the Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act (PBSESA) – a bill to fund positive, preventative approaches to discipline in U.S. schools. The bipartisan bill, sponsored by U.S. Representatives Danny […]
Monday, June 12, 2023 | news
Today, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law “An Act Concerning State Voting Rights in Recognition of John R. Lewis (CTVRA)” as part of the state’s new budget. The law is a state-level voting rights act that seeks to expand voting access and strengthen protections against voting discrimination for communities of color throughout the state. […]
Wednesday, July 20, 2016 | news
Today, the harshest, most restrictive photo ID law in the country met its match when the full United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a lower court determination that Senate Bill 14 (SB 14), Texas’s discriminatory photo ID law, violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational […]
