Saturday, February 25, 2017 | ldf-perspectives
By Marcelo Rodriguez Archives Associate Fake news and bad information are sadly nothing new to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc (LDF). In the wake of the landmark LDF victory in Brown v. Board of Education, supporters of segregation fed communities with lies about the motives of Black parents, and the so-called “dangers of […]
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | page
We Were Built for this How LDF is fighting back against the Trump Administration to protect civil rights and our multiracial democracy. LDF is ready for this fight The Trump administration has made it clear through the Project 2025 agenda and executive action that their focus is weakening civil rights protections. For 85 years, the Legal […]
Friday, August 23, 2024 | case-issue
Economic Justice How the Work of Federal Agencies Impacts Black Communities Federal Agencies After Chevron Deference: Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce FAQ Since its founding, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has fought for the rights of Black Americans to work, live, and thrive without racially imposed barriers. Through […]
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 | ldf-perspectives
Lisa Cylar Barrett Director of Policy How the CARES Act is Helping Americans And What Must Be Done to Achieve Comprehensive COVID-19 Relief It can’t be said enough — we are living in unprecedented times where the entire world has been impacted by a virus for which there is currently no cure and no […]
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 | page
How Student Loan Forgiveness Can Help Close the Racial Wealth Gap and Advance Economic Justice By Marisa Wright The burden of student loan debt is at a crisis level in the United States. And students of color are bearing the brunt of this crushing weight, which impacts countless aspects of their lives — and exacerbates […]
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 | page
How Shelby County v. Holder Broke Democracy In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt its greatest blow to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in its Shelby County v. Holder decision that gutted essential protections of the VRA. Shelby ushered in a wave of discriminatory voting and redistricting laws. From voter suppression to discriminatory redistricting, […]
Thursday, July 7, 2022 | page
How Racism in the Courtroom Produces Wrongful Convictions and Mass Incarceration By Ella Wiley Senior Communications Associate In recent years, police violence and militarization have been under a microscope. For many Americans, it is now frighteningly clear that police consider Black people suspects when sitting in their backyards, failing to signal, and simply going about […]
Monday, November 8, 2021 | page
Five Times Police Used Qualified Immunity to Get Away with Misconduct and Violence By John Guzman Senior Communications Strategist Throughout the United States, law enforcement officers have stolen money and valuables, shot children, attempted to harm family pets, killed vulnerable people, and, worst of all, they have gotten away with it — all because of […]
Friday, October 13, 2023 | page
Discriminatory Redistricting’s Sordid Roots How South Carolina Attempted to “Bleach” Charleston and the Attorneys Fighting to Stop It — All the Way to the Supreme Court By Keecee DeVenny Senior Digital Media Strategist In Charleston, South Carolina, colorful low country cottages and southern plantation homes stand tall and proud on palm tree-lined cobblestone streets. The […]
Thursday, May 12, 2022 | page
Prepared to Vote How Georgians Can Prepare to Vote, Even Amid Rising Challenges By Olamide Adetunji Attorney, Voting Rights Defender and Prepared to Vote Projects This election season, Georgia voters are casting their ballots with a new, highly suppressive voting law in place. This law, S.B. 202, was passed by the state’s legislature in a […]
