Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) sent a joint letter to Michael Thurmond, Chief Executive Officer of DeKalb County, Georgia, in response to the ...
Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm Kristen Clarke as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice (DOJ). Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) submitted a letter to the Louisiana State House and Governmental Affairs Committee outlining recommendations for House Concurrent Resolution (“HCR”) 90, which establishes criteria for redistricting ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted testimony to the Louisiana House and Governmental Affairs Committee expressing opposition to Senate Bill 224 (SB 224), which aims to impose burdensome identification requirements ...
Today, the Biden administration announced that it will restore Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which the Trump administration rescinded in 2017. TPS allows recipients from designated countries experiencing violence and conflict or natural disasters to ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), submitted a public proposal on best practices for public involvement, fair representation, and transparency during the upcoming redistricting process in Louisiana to the Committee on ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) sent two letters to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee leaders in support of the nomination of Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, to serve as a judge on the ...