Decision anxiously awaited in Supreme Court housing case “There is a huge divide that exists between us,” said Sherrilyn Ifill, the [President and Director-Counsel] of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund who was at ...
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 ...