Tuesday, April 26, 2022 | news
Today, in a promising exercise of the President’s clemency authority, the Biden administration issued a number of pardons and commutations, and announced a series of investments to support post-incarceration re-entry programs and other means of community support. Among these investments are an expansion of federal employment opportunities to include education, training, and mentorship; improved access […]
Thursday, December 23, 2021 | news
Today, the Biden administration announced a new group of nominees to the judiciary, including Ms. J. Michelle Childs for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Ms. Nancy G. Abudu for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In response, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP […]
Wednesday, August 24, 2022 | news
Today, the Biden administration announced a plan to cancel $10,000 in student debt for American borrowers earning $125,000 or less per year. The administration also announced that a pause on student loan payments that has been in effect since the beginning of the pandemic would be further extended to December 31, 2022, and that an […]
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 | news
Today, the Biden Administration announced its latest round of judicial nominations, including NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Deputy Director of Litigation Natasha Merle, who has been a member of the LDF litigation team since January 2016. In response to the nomination, LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued the following statement: “We […]
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 | news
Days after the water system in Jackson, Mississippi, home to the second-largest Black population in the United States, reached its breaking point, Baltimore, Maryland, 62% of whose residents are Black, is now facing a water and public health crisis of its own. An active boil water order is in effect for residents in parts of […]
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 | news
Today, as William Barr serves his final day as Attorney General of the United States, Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement: “The tenure of Attorney General William Barr marks one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the Department of Justice. […]
Friday, June 11, 2021 | news
Today, United States Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered a policy address on voting rights and the work the Department of Justice (DOJ) is undertaking to protect and expand access to the ballot box. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding the […]
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 | news
Today, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy introduced a set of principles to support the development of policies and practices for the building, deployment, and governance of automated systems, a “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights.” In response to the introduction of this Blueprint, Lisa Cylar Barrett, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Director […]
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 | news
Today is the 68th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s historic decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case. In commemoration, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson released the following statement: “On this date 68 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court released its unanimous opinion in the Brown v. Board of […]
Thursday, December 16, 2021 | news
This week, the Biden administration announced its intention to nominate Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Sandra Thompson as the FHFA’s full-time Director. In response, Lisa Cylar Barrett, Director of Policy for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement: “We applaud the Biden Administration’s announcement of its […]
