Amidst the ongoing wave of states passing anti-truth legislation, and with the recent passage of SB 17 (an anti-DEI bill) and SB 18 (an anti-tenure bill) in the Texas legislature, LDF sent a letter this ...
ATLANTA — Voting rights organizations have filed motions for preliminary injunctive relief to lift barriers to voting for the 2024 elections in Georgia. The latest motion, filed last night, challenges provisions of S.B. 202 for ...
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the CROWN Act into law on Saturday, May 27. The new law will go into effect on September 1, 2023 and will prohibit race-based hair discrimination in Texas housing, workplaces, ...
A federal district court in Louisiana issued a ruling today in the Thomas v. School Board of St. Martin Parish desegregation case. The court ordered the St. Martin school board to adopt remedial proposals put ...
Media Contacts Legal Defense Fund – 212-965-2200 / media@naacpldf.org Common Cause in Connecticut – cquickmire@commoncause.org ACLU of Connecticut – 860-992-7645 / media@acluct.org Tonight, the Connecticut Senate voted, with bipartisan support, to pass Senate Bill 1226 ...
PRESS CONTACTS Ella Wiley (Legal Defense Fund) ewiley@naacpldf.org Niambé Tomlinson (National Urban League) NTomlinson@nul.org Paige Censale (Haitian Bridge Alliance) info@haitianbridge.org Anna Núñez (Southern Poverty Law Center) anna.nunez@splcenter.org Today, as first reported by The Hill, a ...
Today marks three years since George Floyd was murdered. Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the following statement: “Three years ago today, George Floyd was slowly tortured and killed by ...
