Today, the Legal Defense Fund, Gulfport Branch of the NAACP, Southern Poverty Law Center, and One Voice sent a letter to the Harrison County, Mississippi School Board regarding its plans for the post-2020 redistricting cycle. ...
On Saturday, President Biden signed the Safer Communities Act into law, the first major federal gun safety legislation since the now-expired 1994 assault weapons ban. In response, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai ...
Today, a conservative majority of the United States Supreme Court stripped the constitutional right to bodily autonomy from over a hundred million people by reversing nearly a half a century of legal precedent. In Dobbs ...
On February 17, 2022, WNBA superstar Brittney Griner was detained upon her arrival in Moscow. As of April 29, 2022, Griner was officially classified as a Wrongful Detention by the U.S. State Department. On Wednesday, ...
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen that a New York gun control law requiring a person to show “proper cause,” or a special need ...
Today, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new set of policies and procedures strengthening the enforcement apparatus of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits the granting of ...
In a victory for voting rights, South Carolina has passed maps adjusting South Carolina state House district lines in some of the most historically significant areas of the state for Black voters by passing new ...
