Friday, June 5, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) released demands for policing reform to federal elected officials, governors, mayors, and police chiefs. The recent killings of Black Americans, including Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, by former and current police officers have further exposed the need for immediate police accountability and reforms. […]
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 | news
Study Explores the Intersection of Water Affordability and Race Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) released an overview of a forthcoming report by the Thurgood Marshall Institute exploring the water affordability crisis and its devastating impact on Black communities. Water/Color: A Study of Race and the Water Affordability Crisis in America’s […]
Thursday, January 27, 2022 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.’s (LDF) Thurgood Marshall Institute (TMI) released Pretrial Justice Without Money Bail Or Risk Assessments: Principles for Racially Just Bail Reform, a new report that connects the dots on needed reforms for pretrial legal systems to improve fairness and racial justice while serving the interests of public safety […]
Thursday, September 29, 2022 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) Thurgood Marshall Institute (TMI) released The Truth Behind Crime Statistics, a critical new report that explores how current politicized discussions of crime ignore or distort crime data to intensify public fear and debunks false narratives used to explain the 2020 nationwide increase in homicides. As the report details, requiring cash bail, the […]
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) released a Framework for Public Safety calling on federal, state, and local officials to act swiftly on interventions that will build safe and sustainable communities free from police violence. Year after year, police killings of Black people in America continue to occur with alarming frequency. The recent killings of […]
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) released a report evaluating the record of United States Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, in keeping with our longstanding tradition of outlining the background, judicial philosophy, and judicial record of Supreme Court nominees, with a focus on the nominee’s record on civil rights and racial […]
Friday, June 5, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) released a list of demands to governors, mayors, and police chiefs for the protection of protesters. The recent killings of Black Americans, including Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, by former and current police officers have further exposed the need for immediate police accountability […]
Thursday, January 16, 2025 | news
As the Senate holds a confirmation hearing of Pamela “Pam” Jo Bondi for Attorney General of the United States, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) today is releasing a comprehensive report detailing her troubling record on civil rights and voting rights, her blind allegiance to President-elect Trump, and her efforts to undermine the integrity of the […]
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 | case-update
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has released “Redrawing the Lines: The Impact of Redistricting on African-American Political Power” — a public education tool that provides an overview of redistricting and details the central role of the Voting Rights Act in protecting minority voting rights during the process. The palm card is part of LDF’s […]
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 | news
For Election Day 2015, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LDF) continues its annual “Prepared to Vote” public education campaign, designed to empower voters. LDF attorneys will be on the ground in Houston and in Waller County, Texas to ensure that voters in those counties are equipped with information, including the parameters of […]
