Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.; the Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center; Covington & Burling LLP; and the ACLU of Maryland, filed a complaint with the United States Department of Transportation ...
Today, Judge Barry G. Williams declared a mistrial in the case against police officer William Porter for the in-custody death of Freddie Gray because the Baltimore jury that spent weeks hearing evidence of Officer Porter’s ...
Back to Baltimore: What is next Long-time resident Sherrilyn Ifill, President of the [NAACP Legal Defense Fund,] and author D. Watkins, who grew up in Baltimore, talk with Chris Hayes about how the city can ...
LDF attorneys Sherrilyn Ifill, Janai Nelson and Monique Lin-Luse responded to controversial points raised by conservative Supreme Court justices at oral arguments held on December 9, 2015, including a suggestion that African- American students who come from ...
This week, xenophobic hate speech reached a fever pitch amid an international refugee crisis and following a tragic mass shooting in the United States. Elected officials have openly vowed to refuse Syrian refugees in violation ...
Civil Rights Organizations, Students, Former Military Leaders, LGBT Groups, Corporations Support Continuing Efforts to Achieve Diversity on Campuses Read more: LDF Takes on Controversial Comments at Fisher Oral Argument The U.S. Supreme Court today heard ...
Today, the Senate passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) by a vote of 85 to 12, assuring the bill’s advancement to President Obama for his signature. The ESSA is the 2015 reauthorization of the ...
