On March 3rd, 2020, LDF’s Director of State Advocacy and Deputy Director of Policy, Monique Dixon, testified before the Maryland House of Delegates on the need to expand House Bill 1221. HB 1221 would amend ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted written testimony in support of New York State Senate Bill S7528, also known as the New York Voting Rights Act (NYVRA). The NYVRA would ...
Source: Essence “These challenges and victories of the past decade — and the broader history of the struggle for racial justice in America — illustrate that we must hold fast to the belief that justice ...
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R. 35, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act. The bill, which passed by a vote of 410-4, makes lynching a federal hate crime. The NAACP Legal Defense and ...
Today, the Ohio Supreme Court announced its decision to reverse Glen E. Bates’ 2016 conviction and death sentence and grant him a new trial due to the ineffectiveness of Mr. Bates’ counsel at trial. The ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the NAACP, and Ballard Spahr filed a lawsuit challenging the practice of “prison-based gerrymandering” in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The lawsuit was filed on behalf ...
Contact: Eric Naing, eric@muslimadvocates.org Washington, DC — Today, Muslim Advocates and the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking crucial information about the Trump administration’s ...
