Monday, April 11, 2016 | news
Evenwel v. Abbott: Every Person (and Every Win) Counts, by Janai Nelson While many are rightly claiming victory for Monday’s decision upholding the bedrock principle of one person, one vote established more than half a century ago, some have grown weary of having to defend against baseless challenges to longstanding legal principles and view the […]
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 | news
What’s different about the latest challenge to Affirmative Action? Should race be a consideration in college admissions? For the second time in three years, the Supreme Court justices are considering the constitutionality of that question. Gwen Ifill examines the opposing viewpoints with Richard Kahlenberg of the Century Foundation and Janai Nelson of the NAACP Legal […]
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 | news
Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), testified before the House Homeland Security Committee on how Transportation Security Administration (TSA) policies are profiling and disproportionately burdening people of color alongside Sikh Coalition Senior Policy and Advocacy Manager Sim J. Singh and Acting Director of the Homeland Security and […]
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 | news
On MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, LDF Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson talks about the dashcam video released in the Laquan McDonald shooting and explains why there was no audio accompanying it.
Friday, August 14, 2015 | news
Police Repression and Police Reform For the past year, videos of police shootings have saturated the media, giving urgency to calls for police reform — especially in poor, black neighborhoods. But what does “reform” mean in practice? For example, is so called “broken windows” a form of community policing or an excuse for racial profiling? […]
Tuesday, December 29, 2015 | news
Outrage grows over fatal police shootings Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will return early from Cuba as pressure mounts in the city following two deaths from police shootings on Saturday. Demonstrations are also scheduled in Cleveland after the arraignment of officer Jason Van Dyke. Janai Nelson, Associate Director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, […]
Thursday, February 18, 2016 | news
Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, joined us to talk about the case of 28 year-old Akai Gurley. Listen to the conversation here.
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 | news
‘One person, one vote’ unanimously upheld Chris Hayes examines the conservative challenge to the basic principle of ‘one person, one vote.’
Thursday, March 10, 2016 | news
ELB Podcast Episode 10. Janai Nelson: Minority Voting Rights in 2016 What has happened to African-American voting rights after the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder? Can the Voting Rights Act still protect minority voting rights in states such as Alabama and Texas? What are the prospects that a new Congress will […]
Saturday, October 13, 2018 | news
LDF’s Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson speaks on MSNBC Live about Kemp and Georgia’s Purged Voter Rolls
