Race and gender disparities in opportunity and academic achievement lead to high dropout rates, limited job opportunities, and increased risk of poverty (Washington, D.C.) Due to pervasive, systemic barriers in education rooted in racial and ...
Janai Nelson, along with a host of other legal scholars, previewed the Supreme Court’s upcoming October term at the American Constitution Society. Listen to her remarks starting at 51:25
DETROIT – At 8:30 a.m. on Monday, September 22nd, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (231 West Lafayette Blvd), Judge Steven W. Rhodes will conduct an evidentiary hearing on a motion for a preliminary ...
Update: Read Ryan Haygood’s powerful closing argument. CORPUS CHRISTI, TX — Lawyers from the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and its co-counsel law firm Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr LLP (WilmerHale) ...
This week, Sherrilyn Ifill traveled to Ferguson, Missouri to meet with community leaders, lawyers, and professors. Although slated to talk about the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board, she adjusted the focus to a different ...
More than one year after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down an essential provision of the Voting Rights Act, Americans across the country are standing up for the right to vote and calling on Congress ...
Molly Knefel, Why Are Police Using Military-Grade Weapons in High Schools?, Rolling Stone (Oct 8, 2014) Windsor Genova, L.A. schools police to return grenade, launchers, keep armored car and M-16s, Local News FortWorth (Oct 1, ...
