Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), testified before the House Homeland Security Committee on how Transportation Security Administration (TSA) policies are profiling and disproportionately burdening people of ...
Today, the Supreme Court unanimously strengthened Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, holding that the statute’s presuit “charge-filing” requirement is not jurisdictional, which means that an employment-discrimination victim’s failure to perfectly satisfy ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc (LDF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Janell Byrd-Chichester as Director of LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute. Janell is returning to LDF after having previously served as ...
Today, along with millions of others, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF) learned damning information about the political and racially discriminatory motives behind the push to add a citizenship status question to the ...
New Hampshire’s Senate voted today to repeal the death penalty, joining the House in overriding Governor Chris Sununu’s veto to become the 21st state in the country to end capital punishment. The bill will not ...
Training is Part of Court Monitored Process to Remedy Unconstitutional Stop-and-Frisk Practices Today, a federal judge approved a public housing training for the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to ensure that all officers understand the ...
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) indicated that it will be rolling back protections for homeless transgender people by allowing shelters that receive federal funding to discriminate based on gender identity. ...
