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Washington Post’s Wonkblog Covers Sherrilyn Ifill’s Remarks on Poverty and Housing

In a column for The Washington Post’s popular “Wonkblog,” Emily Badger covers Sherrilyn Ifill‘s remarks at a recent discussion at the Economic Policy Institute on housing and poverty. “The most important fact we rarely admit in talking about segregation and poverty” highlights Sherrilyn’s thesis that “when it comes to housing and race, there really is no such […]

Washington Post: Voter fraud fears become the latest partisan issue

On Election Day, voters standing in line to cast their ballots in Harris County, Tex., will be treated to a cool drink courtesy of a group called "the lemonade brigade." But the group has another motive – curbing voter fraud. It is one of several Republican and tea party-affiliated groups across the country who are […]

Washington Post: States line up to challenge stringent Section 5 voting rights provision

Conservative activists and Republican attorneys general have launched a series of lawsuits meant to challenge the most muscular provision of the Voting Rights Act 0f 1965 before a Supreme Court that has signaled it is suspicious of its constitutionality. Working their way to the high court are lawsuits from Arizona to North Carolina, challenging Section […]

Washington Post: Jacqueline Berrien on leading the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Jacqueline A. Berrien has been the chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) since April 2010. A Harvard Law School graduate, Berrien practiced civil rights law for many years, assisted underrepresented groups as a program officer for the Ford Foundation, and came to the EEOC from the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, […]

Washington Post: Defense lawyer fights racism in death row cases

There’s a steadfast cheeriness to Christina Swarns as she talks rapid fire about the contours of her day. There are the rigors of her end-to-end Manhattan commute, how rarely she dresses like a grown-up and the usual challenges of the professional working mom. But that changes when the conversation turns to the role of race […]

Washington Post: Court hears challenge to Voting Rights Act

Conservative legal activists are set to renew their campaign to overturn the nation’s landmark Voting Rights Act, arguing before a federal district judge in Washington on Wednesday that states and local jurisdictions should no longer be forced to justify voting changes to the Justice Department or a federal court. The lawsuit, brought by officials in […]

Washington Post Reports on LDF Letter Condemning Surplus Weapon Transfers to Public Schools

In the Washington Post’s article “School police across the country receive excess military weapons and gear” Janel George explains “This isn’t just about the weapons, it’s also about inserting these weapons in school climates that are already fraught with tension and hostility between students of color and school police. It’s about inserting that and exacerbating […]

Washington Post Editorial Board Urges Passage of VRAA

In a strongly worded editorial, The Washington Post calls on Congress to pass the Voting Rights Amendment Act in the wake of the Supreme Court’s devastating decision in Shelby County, Alabama vs. Holder. “The ruling hobbled a law that for decades has offered meaningful political representation to minority Americans by preventing discriminatory tricks from limiting […]

Washington Post Columnist Lauds LDF amicus brief in Defense of Marriage Act case

Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart writes a glowing article about LDF’s amicus brief in U.S. v. Windsor, the case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act. In that brief, LDF argued that claims brought by gays against the statute that would deny federal benefits to same-sex married partners, should be reviewed by the Supreme Court using heightened […]