Today, President Obama announced his proposals in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. They contain many positive elements for addressing the root causes of violence in communities and also acknowledged the ...
Public Agency Clients Must Be Offered an Opportunity to Register to Vote (New Orleans, LA) – On January 23, voting rights advocates won a major legal victory on behalf of Louisiana’s public assistance agency clients, ...
Increasing the presence of armed police officers and guards in public schools in response to the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut will bring unintended consequences, a coalition warned today. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, ...
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Encourages Strong Federal Legislative Effort To Address School Discipline Policies (Washington, DC) – The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) welcomes a Senate hearing today on “Ending the School to ...
Corporate Officials Instructed Managers to Make Employment Decisions Based on Race (New York, NY) The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a Determination that Wet Seal, Inc., a national women’s clothing retailer, racially discriminated ...
Agreement Continues Successful Baltimore Housing Mobility Program BALTIMORE – Today, the Court approved a historic settlement to resolve a long-running class action lawsuit at a hearing in the U.S. District Court of Maryland. Known as ...
Civil Rights Scholar, Litigator, Author, Philanthropist and Civic Leader to Return to America’s Premier Legal Organization Fighting for Racial Justice WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) announced Sherrilyn ...
