The Jan. 29 article regarding the Tulane University report on the ‘gavel gap: rightly notes the stark under-representation of women and people of color on the Louisiana state bench, yet does not analyze why this ...
Watch LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill join Ari Melber to discuss the ongoing trials of Baltimore Police Detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor, who face racketeering conspiracy and robbery charges.
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill joined Democracy Now! to discuss the ongoing trial of two Baltimore police officers who are part of what has been described as one ...
I wasn’t prepared to hear the news that Michael Slager, the police officer who shot and killed Walter Scott, would have to spend 20 years in prison for depriving him of his civil rights. His ...
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, many Senate Republicans released statements or tweets commemorating Dr. King’s legacy of social justice. In a statement, Senator Lindsey Graham said, “We honor Dr. King because he gave ...
When Donald Trump made his campaign pitch to African-American voters in Michigan, he clung to an image of black America that’s as racialized as it is entrenched in the minds of many of his supporters. “You’re living ...
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, which Congress passed one week after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. King dedicated the last years of his life to ...
