LDF and 151 national, state, and local organizations sent a letter to U.S. House and Senate leadership urging them to protect the civil rights of Washington, D.C. residents, and the ability of D.C. to self-govern, ...
Read a PDF of our statement here. A recent New York Times article reports that civil rights attorneys at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) filed a whistleblower complaint stating that the ...
Read a PDF of our statement here. A coalition of leading civil rights organizations issued the following statement in response to recent developments, including the passage of House Resolution 719. While roundly condemning the murder ...
Read a PDF of our statement here. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is deeply saddened by the passing of Agnes Gund, a devoted philanthropist whose enduring commitment to racial and social justice left a lasting ...
The team of nine talented archivists, lawyers, librarians and support staff behind the Legal Defense Fund’s Recollection: A Civil Rights Legal Archive, is the 2025 recipient of the Archival Innovator Award given by the Society ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) submitted public comment strongly opposing the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. The letter explains that the Department does not have ...
Yesterday, in a victory for the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and our clients, a federal court in Alabama permanently blocked the Jefferson County Commission from implementing an unconstitutional redistricting plan that packs Black voters into ...
