Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., issued the following statement of the United States Senate passage of the First Step Act, a criminal justice reform package: “In ...
UPDATE: On December 21, the Departments of Education and Justice officially rescinded the 2014 guidance package, including a Dear Colleague Letter, designed to help our nation’s schools eliminate racial disparities in school discipline while improving school climate. ...
Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement in response to reports that Russia’s attempts to influence the 2016 election included massive efforts against ...
LDF’s President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill joined Chris Hayes on MSNBC’s All in With Chris Hayes to Russian attempts to manipulate Black voters in the 2016 Presidential Campaign.
WASHINGTON, DC—Last week while in border patrol custody, Jakelin Caal, a seven-year old migrant girl from Guatemala died from severe dehydration and septic shock. Civil and human rights groups today expressed their outrage and devastation ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Alabama voting rights attorney Jim Blacksher filed a federal complaint today against the City of Pleasant Grove, Alabama, its mayor, and its five City ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined Outten & Golden LLP in a federal lawsuit against NTT Data, Inc. for its discriminatory employment policies. According to the complaint, NTT, one of the ...
