Recently, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that businesses and other organizations can continue to consider credit scores in employment. As Johnathan Smith explains in an interview to Inside Counsel, this practice discriminates against ...
As the nation commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, Sherrilyn Ifill talks to Andrea Mitchell on the importance of civil rights, which is the real democracy-maintenance work. She also discusses the urgent necessity ...
On Joy Reid’s MSNBC show, Sherrilyn Ifill talks about the myth of voter fraud and the devastating effects of voter suppression on people of color throughout the country, especially in the south. Voter fraud is ...
Yesterday, on Warren Olney’s public radio program “To The Point”, Vincent Southerland talked about the devastating effects of mass incarceration on African-American communities, families, and lives. He highlighted recent efforts by President Obama and Attorney ...
LDF recently sent a letter to local officials in Cuyahoga County, Ohio urging them to implement a temporary moratorium on tax lien sales until after an investigation can be done and reforms made to the system. ...
On Tuesday, Monique Lin-Luse, Special Counsel in the Education Group talked with NY1 about the dismal admissions figures released from New York City’s Specialized High Schools. The statistics — 7 black students admitted to Stuyvesant ...
In an op-ed published at The Root, Sherrilyn Ifill highlighted the pattern of opposition to civil rights nominees, particularly LDF alums Bill Lann Lee, Lani Guinier, and Deval Patrick. Last week, the Senate failed to ...
