Loretta Lynch has waited longer than any other Attorney General nominee in the past 30 years. Her confirmation is being held up by Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over a controversial provision in an anti-human ...
Sens. Schatz, Paul & Reps. Brown, Ellison, Cummings Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help Expand Responsible Use of Police Body Cameras Police CAMERA Act Would Create A Grant Program To Help Local Law Enforcement Agencies Develop ...
Today, in a 5-4 decision, written by Justice Breyer, the U.S. Supreme Court rekindled a voting rights suit against the state of Alabama involving the use of race in a 2012 redistricting plan. Specifically, the ...
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is saddened to learn of the resignation of Barbara Arnwine, who provided visionary leadership as the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil ...
On March 18, 2015, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) joins a broad and diverse coalition of civil rights, criminal justice, and other advocacy organizations in supporting the Democracy Restoration Act of 2015. Members of ...
From the article: Janel George, a lead lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, also shared this sentiment, calling suspension a “school pushout” that undermines kids and prevents them from learning, reports Patrick ...
Sherrilyn Ifill: “The most dangerous time in America is when we’re papering over incidents… Rather than just sit with the discomfort, we really need to work on change.”
