LDF Joins Call to Expand Clemency Eligibility

Read the PDF version here. Citing Uncertainty of Next Administration’s Commitment to Criminal Justice Reform, Broad Coalition of Criminal Justice Reform Advocates, Former Judges and Prosecutors, Legal Scholars Call On President to Expand Clemency Eligibility ...

LDF Calls on the United States Department of Transportation to Immediately Address Discriminatory Passenger Removals by Airlines

The Department of Transportation must act immediately to ensure that all individuals are free to travel regardless of their race or religion. Recent events on a Delta Airlines flight highlight the need for the United ...

LDF Calls on the United States Department of Transportation to Immediately Address Discriminatory Passenger Removals by Airlines

Department of Transportation must act immediately to ensure that all individuals are free to travel regardless of their race or religion. Recent events on a Delta Airlines flight highlight the need for the United States ...

LDF and Earthjustice Urge Alabama Environmental Agency to Oppose Landfill Operation in Historic Black Community

Over the nearly 15 years since the Stone’s Throw Landfill opened in Tallassee (in Tallapoosa County), Alabama, Ashurst Bar/Smith residents—many of whom can trace their family land ownership back to the early 1800s—have complained that ...

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Secretary of Education Nominee Betsy DeVos: What You Need to Know

On November 23, 2016, President-Elect Donald Trump announced that Betsy DeVos, a billionaire philanthropist and education advocate from Michigan, will be his nominee for Secretary of Education. The Department of Education’s mission “is to promote ...

Secretary of Education Nominee Betsy DeVos: What You Need to Know

   On November 23, 2016, President-Elect Donald Trump announced that Betsy DeVos, a billionaire philanthropist and education advocate from Michigan, will be his nominee for Secretary of Education.             The Department of Education’s mission “is ...

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