This week, the Maryland General Assembly passed a number of bills aimed at addressing long-standing accountability and transparency issues in law enforcement. These bills amend the Maryland Public Information Act to allow the disclosure of ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc (LDF), sent a letter to the Department of Justice requesting the release of the DOJ’s reform assessment of the North Charleston Police Department. The DOJ’s commitment to the ...
Governor Ralph Northam has approved the Voting Rights Act of Virginia, a critical move to protect the right to vote for voters of color even as other states move to enact racially discriminatory voting legislation. ...
Today, President Joe Biden announced the American Jobs Plan, his administration’s first major jobs and infrastructure proposal. In response to the announcement, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Director of Policy, Lisa Cylar ...
ACLU, NAACP LDF, SPLC File Lawsuit on Behalf of Groups Representing Voters of Color and Other Historically Disenfranchised Communities Civil rights groups have filed a new federal lawsuit against Georgia’s sweeping law that makes it ...
This morning, President Joe Biden announced his administration’s first set of judicial nominations. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has long relied on a judicial system with fair, impartial, and competent judges ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted testimony in the Connecticut General Assembly’s Government Administration and Elections Committee in support of the Connecticut Voting Rights Act (S.B. 820). If the Connecticut ...
