Thursday, December 12, 2024 | page
What happens when you erase a gang database? By Sandhya Kajeepeta, PhD TMI Senior Researcher and Statistician New research shows that the elimination of gang databases in Portland and Chicago did not result in an increase in crime, refuting claims that such databases reduce crime. For more than a decade, the New York City Police […]
Thursday, February 23, 2023 | page
What Florida Stands to Lose from Its War on Books and Black History By Ishena Robinson Deputy Editorial Director Public education has been taken hostage in Florida. And the state legislature and governor’s feverish campaign to strictly limit what facts and information can be accessed in public learning institutions is the driving force behind this […]
Thursday, May 15, 2025 | page
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025 | page
Executive Orders 101 What Executive Orders Actually Do and How They Might Impact You By Nigel Stinson Editorial Manager, Economic Justice and Narrative Strategy Source: Shutterstock.com Immediately after taking office, President Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders that tested the limits of his authority. Some of these orders were instantly met with legal […]
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 | news
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has found that retailer Wet Seal Inc.discriminated against a former African American store manager. It’s just the latest problem plaguing the struggling Foothill Ranch company, which in the space of five months has fired its chief executive, overseen a board overhaul and revamped its strategy to bolster flagging sales. Read the full […]
Thursday, July 12, 2012 | case-update
LDF’s Economic Justice Program has filed a national class action lawsuit, Cogdell v. Wet Seal, alleging that top executives at Wet Seal directed senior managers to get rid of African American store management employees for the sake of its “brand image,” and to hire more white employees.
Thursday, July 12, 2012 | news
(New York, NY) A national class action lawsuit filed today charges that top executives at Wet Seal directed senior managers to get rid of African American store management employees for the sake of its “brand image,” and to hire more white employees. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Orange County, California, alleges that since […]
Friday, July 11, 2014 | news
LDF, along with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC), strongly urge Westchester County to comply with a consent decree in which the county agreed to take specific actions to eradicate housing discrimination and expand equal housing opportunity within its boundaries. Despite the promise of […]
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 | news
Friday, January 5, 2018 | news
President Trump has disbanded his sham voter fraud commission, citing lawsuits like the one LDF filed along with MALDEF and LatinoJustice/PRLDEF as an overwhelming reason. This is certainly a victory, but it’s important to know that we are not out of the woods yet. In our complaint, we expressly alleged that the Commission had plans to […]