Rights Groups Sue Louisiana over Voting Rights Violations

State Agencies Failed to Register Minority and Low-Income Voters under National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) (New Orleans, LA) –Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. (LDF), Project Vote, and New Orleans attorney Ronald Wilson filed ...

Post-Katrina Housing Case Continues After D.C. Circuit Ruling

Joint Statement from Plaintiffs and Counsel on Recent Decision in Road Home Case (New York, NY) – Today a federal court of appeals issued a ruling explaining its decision to set aside preliminary injunctions previously ...

Leading Civil Rights Groups Urge Florida to Comply with the Voting Rights Act

(Tallahassee, Florida) — Today, the nation’s premiere civil rights organizations, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the NAACP, including its Florida State Conference of Branches, and Advancement Project, together urged Florida Governor ...

Appellate Oral Argument in Chicago Firefighters’ Discrimination Case on Remand From LDF’s Supreme Court Victory

(New York, New York) – On Tuesday March 29th oral argument will be presented before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Lewis v. Chicago, the ongoing litigation to secure justice for ...

LDF Responds to New Census Data Which Reveals Changes in Nation’s Racial and Ethnic Diversity

LDF Responds to New Census Data Which Reveals Changes in Nation’s Racial and Ethnic Diversity (New York, NY) –Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released a report revealing changes in the country’s racial and ethnic diversity.  While ...

Is It “Prison-based Gerrymandering?” Stallworth Urges New Prison Count

Source: Only in Bridgeport

Does Bridgeport lose legislative juice when its inmate-based population is counted in other communities? State Rep. Charles Stallworth, who won the February special election to replace Chris Caruso in the state legislature, says state prisoners ...

Connecticut Considers Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering

(New York, New York) – On Monday March 21, at 10:00 am, the Joint Committee on the Judiciary of the Connecticut General Assembly will hold a hearing to consider HB 6084, which would end prison-based ...

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