Press Contacts: Alejandra Lopez, Redmond Haskins, The Legal Aid Society, ailopez@legal-aid.org rhaskins@legal-aid.org Troi Barnes, Legal Defense Fund, media@naacpldf.org Sarai Bejarano,Latino Justice, media@latinojustice.org William Owen, STOP, william.owen@stopspying.org Report Confirms Persistent Racial Disparities, Policy Failures, and Need ...
Today, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Louisiana v. Callais, a case about equal representation for Black voters in Louisiana and the role of race ...
Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the below statement in response to the indictment of New York Attorney General Leticia James. Reportedly, the indictment is part of the Trump administration’s ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) vigorously denounces the Senate’s confirmation of Craig Trainor to serve as the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. The Office of ...
This past weekend, President Trump authorized the deployment of National Guard to Chicago, following increased presence of, and enforcement activities by, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers since the past summer. The president made this ...
Last week, the Missouri Governor enacted a congressional map that intentionally diminishes Black voting power in the state. The new map clearly targets Missouri’s 5th congressional district, which has provided electoral opportunities to Black voters ...
Last week, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) sent a letter to leaders at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) urging them to reverse course on a proposed policy that threatens to deny Black people access ...
