Monday, June 20, 2016 | news
Money in Politics: A Barrier to 21st Century Civil Rights? On June 9, the Brennan Center, Demos, and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights convened for a timely discussion about how the outsized influence of big money in politics may be a 21st century civil rights issue and what we can do about […]
Friday, September 16, 2016 | news
Restore Voting Rights for Low-level Felons in California In the United States today, 13% of all black men are denied the right to vote because they have been convicted of a felony. Felon disfranchisement, as this phenomenon is called, is a stain on our democracy left by laws intended at their inception to prevent newly […]
Wednesday, November 23, 2016 | news
Civil Rights Advocates Question Donald Trump’s Alt-Right Disavowal Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said Trump’s words would need to be followed by actions, such as dismissing Bannon and rescinding the offer of the U.S. attorney general post to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala). “I think his disavowal is disingenuous […]
Monday, January 30, 2017 | news
Judge Pryor is just one of dozens of federal judges around the country who have ruled that states or municipalities have diluted, disenfranchised, or otherwise devised illegal, unconstitutional schemes to deny minorities their rightful electoral power. Just weeks before the Alabama decision, George W. Bush appointee Judge Lee Rosenthal issued a decision finding that Pasadena, […]
Monday, August 29, 2016 | news
Room for Compromise on Voter ID Laws? “They really do not protect our nation in any meaningful way and instead deter voters from turning out to polls and casting a vote when they do,” says Janai Nelson, [Associate Director-Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund,] in a telephone interview with The Christian Science […]
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 | news
On May 29, LDF Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson gave the keynote address at the International Social Movements Gathering on Water and Affordable Housing in Detroit. The Summit took place in conjunction with the International Gathering of Social Movements on Water Affordability and Housing. The event brought together some of the most experienced minds on issues of water litigation and water […]
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 | news
Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson joined members of the Voting Rights Caucus and other experts in the field for a panel at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 46th Annual Legislative Conference entitled “The Federal Case for Voter Protection and the VRA.” Panelists discussed overcoming the challenges of voter supression and the important work necessary for ensuring the Voting […]
Saturday, September 16, 2017 | news
Trump voter fraud commission draws controversy An email from a member of Trump’s voter fraud commission suggesting the exclusion of diverse political views is released, spawning further criticisms of voter suppression.
Friday, May 29, 2020 | news
“The charges are rather disappointing. We have a single charge of only one of the four officers who were involved in the brutal killing of George Floyd, and that officer was charged with the lowest degree of murder that you can charge an officer or anyone for…”
Monday, August 29, 2016 | news
A History of Housing Discrimination, From the 1960s to Donald Trump The Fair Housing Act was passed in 1968 to address housing discrimination and segregation. While it prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, and national origin, residential segregation continues to be a cornerstone of America’s racial division today. Janai Nelson, associate director-counsel of the […]
