Baltimore Right to Education Legal Team Pushes Governor, State Leaders to Support Students’ Right to an Education

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Today, the Bradford v. Maryland State Department of Education legal team hosted a press conference with advocates in support of a letter sent yesterday by parents of students attending public schools in Baltimore City to ...

Advocates and Parents of Baltimore City School Students Urge Maryland Officials to Provide Adequate Funding for Baltimore City Schools

Today, advocates and parents of Baltimore City Schools students sent a letter to Maryland officials urging them to take specific steps to support the students’ right to an education and fulfill the State’s responsibility under ...

The Leadership Conference Education Task Force Issues Statement on the Next Secretary of Education

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“After Betsy DeVos’ harmful agenda of discrimination and exclusion, the country is in desperate need of a secretary who is not just committed to the mission of the U.S. Department of Education, but also has ...

LDF Files United States Supreme Court Cert Petition to Consider Jury Discrimination Issue in Death Penalty Case

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), along with co-counsel Cliff Gardner, filed a cert petition on behalf of Johnny Duane Miles in the United States Supreme Court. The petition requests that ...

LDF Issues Statement on Trump Administration’s Plans to Execute Five People Before End of Time in Office

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On July 14, 2020, the federal government carried out the first federal execution in nearly 20 years when it put Daniel Lewis to death. It was the first of three executions by the U.S. government ...

Cobb County Announces Changes to Early Voting Following Pressure from Voting Rights Advocates

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Today, Georgia’s Cobb County Director of Elections & Registration, Janine Eveler, announced changes from the county’s original plan to close over half of its early voting sites ahead of the Jan. 5, 2021 runoff election, ...

LDF Urges Cobb County, Georgia to Maintain Early Voting Locations for Upcoming Runoff

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), All Voting is Local, Georgia, Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund (SPLC), Georgia NAACP, Black Voters Matter, and American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (ACLU-GA) ...

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