The Grio: How do you discipline black kids in schools?

When the New York City Council voted earlier this week to require the New York police and schools to issue reports on the suspensions, arrests and summonses of New York students, it represented a victory ...

Senate Confirms Jacqueline A. Berrien As Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commision

The Senate confirmed by Jacqueline A. Berrien, the former Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), as Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commision (EEOC) by unanimous consent on December 22, 2010. ...

City Will Require Police to Report on School

The New York City Council voted on Monday to require the Police and Education Departments to produce regular reports on arrests, summonses and suspensions of public school students, a victory for civil liberties advocates who ...

Kristen Clarke on WBAI’s “Wake Up Call”

Hear Kristen Clarke, Co-Director of LDF’s Political Participation Group, discuss the importance of Section 5 of the VRA with Mimi Rosenberg on “Wake Up Call.” Listen here. (Interview begins at 25:00)

Prisoners of the Census: Dale Ho Interview

Peter Wagner: Welcome to issues in prison-based gerrymandering, a podcast about keeping the Census Bureau’s prison count from harming our democracy. The Census Bureau counts people in prison as if they were actual residents of ...

Politics365: NAACP [LDF] Launches 2011 Redistricting Project

Through educational efforts, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund launched a website and campaign geared toward encouraging minority citizens to get involved in their local redistricting processes. 2011 is the year for state legislatures to redraw ...

The Birmingham News: Voting Rights Act still vital, representatives of Shelby County blacks tell judge

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department and civil rights advocates representing black voters in Shelby County have asked a federal judge to uphold the historic Voting Rights Act as a fair and still-necessary deterrent to ...

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