Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
In July and August 2017, LDF, along with lawyers at the National Employment Law Project (NELP), Cloutman & Cloutman and Levy Ratner PC, moved to intervene in Texas v. EEOC. This is a pending challenge by Texas to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) 2012 Guidance on the use of criminal records in hiring. In light of the reality that millions […]
Sunday, November 10, 2024 | news
Tomorrow, November 11, several student and faculty advocacy organizations and civil rights groups will testify at Monday’s Texas Senate Higher Education Subcommittee hearing on the topic “Stopping DEI to Strengthen the Texas Workforce” to underscore the critical need for inclusive curriculum and programs in Texas’ colleges and universities. The organizations are united in their call […]
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 | case-update
Today, the Council of State Governments released a new report that helps to raise awareness about the importance of dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline. Entitled Breaking Schools’ Rules: A Statewide Study of How School Discipline Relates to Students’ Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement, the report is the most in-depth of its kind, examining the academic, disciplinary, and juvenile court […]
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 | news
Today, the Council of State Governments released a new report that helps to raise awareness about the importance of dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline. Entitled Breaking Schools’ Rules: A Statewide Study of How School Discipline Relates to Students’ Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement, the report is the most in-depth of its kind, examining the academic, disciplinary, […]
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 | news
(Austin, TX) – Texas Rising, Texas Students for DEI (TXS4DEI), Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT), and other students and faculty groups led a demonstration that began at the University of Texas Austin and ended at the Texas Capitol before presenting testimony to uplift the harms they have experienced since the implementation of Senate […]
Monday, April 10, 2023 | page
Protect Truth in Education in Texas Submit written testimony using this form. You can use our fillable template and prompts, enter your original testimony, or upload your testimony. Texas Pro-Truth
Friday, September 23, 2016 | news
Today, the State of Texas petitioned the United States Supreme Court to take up its appeal of a ruling that found that its voter suppression law is discriminatory. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorneys who successfully litigated the case against Texas offered the following reaction: “Despite four different federal courts finding that its photo ID […]
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 | case-issue
Texas Needs its Own Voting Rights Act The Barbara Jordan Voting Rights Act of Texas (TXVRA) Texas makes it harder to vote than almost any other state, ranking 46th in the nation for voting access. Extremist politicians in Texas are only making it harder. There is a better way: The Barbara Jordan Voting Rights Act […]
Friday, August 21, 2015 | case-update
Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the appeal of Duane Buck, an African-American man who was sentenced to death in Texas after his trial attorneys presented the sentencing jury with expert testimony that Mr. Buck was more likely to be dangerous in the future because he is Black. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, […]
Monday, February 5, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. Texas Federal Court Ruling Undermines Employment Discrimination Protections for People With Records Late last week, a federal district court issued a limited ruling that blocks the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the U.S. Attorney General from using the EEOC’s 2012 Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of […]
