Emanuel AME: ‘we need to be in solidarity’ South Carolina responds to the Charleston Massacre with a powerful memorial and Gov. Nikki Haley calls for state lawmakers to remove the Confederate flag from the capitol ...
The Supreme Court should learn from a pool party in Texas For four decades, this interpretation of the law — known in legal circles as “disparate impact” — has been used to punish banks for ...
SCOTUS to rule on housing discrimination Janai Nelson, Adam Benforado, Nikole Hannah-Jones and Juan Cartagena discuss the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision on the Fair Housing Act.
Charleston: Warning signs in atmosphere of hate NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s [President and Director-Counsel] Sherrilyn Ifill and former FBI profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole on warning signs of violence and creating a climate that encourages people to ...
Hundreds protest police reaction to Texas pool party Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense and Educational Fund, discusses the reactions in McKinney, Tx. after a video showing a white police officer wrestling ...
Clinton Rips GOP On Voting Rights While Calling For Universal Voter Registration “The choice of location was really apt,” said Natasha Korgaonkar, [Assistant Counsel] at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund who is involved in the ...
Can Federal Education Law be Used to Curb Harsh School Discipline? “Public school discipline practices are pushing children out of school,” said Janel George, senior education policy counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, ...
