Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina made landfall and devastated the Gulf Coast of the United States. Over 1,000 people lost their lives during Hurricane Katrina, and nearly 1.5 million were displaced. In New Orleans, where ...
Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the below statement in response to President Trump’s announcement last night that he was firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Cook is the first ...
Today, the Texas Legislature passed a new congressional map that further weakens electoral opportunities for Black Texans and other voters of color in the state. The Legislature forced this map through a rushed and non-transparent ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (“LDF”), Barbara Jordan Leadership Institute (“BJLI”), Houston Area Urban League (“HAUL”), Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, (the “Deltas”), Black Voters Matter, and Friendship-West Baptist Church submitted a third piece of ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) sent letters to the governors of Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Ohio, West Virginia, and South Carolina, in response to reports that they are deploying National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., ...
Last week, elected officials in DeKalb County, Georgia, passed a resolution to begin implementing an income-based water debt forgiveness program which would help give full debt forgiveness for low-income Dekalb residents with past water and ...
On August 17, 2025 the Legal Defense Fund; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated; the Barbara Jordan Leadership Institute; the Houston Area Urban League; Black Voters Matter; and Friendship-West Baptist Church submitted testimony to the Texas ...
