Sessions orders review of police reform deals Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, joins Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss Attorney General Jeff Sessions working to undo police reforms developed under ...
DOJ Roundtable: Consent Decree Reviews We hosted a DOJ Roundtable, focused on Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ order of a review of federal agreements and consent decrees across the country. With: Monique Dixon, Deputy Director of ...
Call white supremacist violence by its name: Terrorism The tragic killing of Timothy Caughman is a heinous hate crime. It is also an act of domestic terrorism. And it matters that we begin to name ...
Florida’s First Black State Attorney Faces Death Threats After Refusing Death Penalty for Cop Killer A battle over the death penalty is brewing in Florida, where Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala has announced her office ...
As the Judiciary Committee begins in earnest its questioning of Judge Neil Gorsuch about his nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States, the Senators are sure to raise a range of very important ...
Today, March 20th 2017, we celebrate the 77th anniversary of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF). To many, LDF is best known for ending school segregation through the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision ...
The plaintiffs in the Sheff v. O’Neill school desegregation case are more frustrated than anyone that a significant number of Hartford students of color remain in highly segregated, low-performing schools. We are now more than ...
