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Ria Tabacco Mar Speaks in Support of NYC Bill to End Credit Checks in Employment

LDF Assistant Counsel Ria Tabacco Mar appeared in front of New York’s City Hall in support of the Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act, which would ban the use of credit checks in employment.  “Poor credit is more often the result of hardships, not personal irresponsibility, and blacks are more likely to face the kind of […]

Ria Tabacco Mar Discusses Efforts to End Unfair Background Checks in Employment

Ria Tabacco Mar talks to American Urban Radio Network about our work ending unfair background checks. On behalf of our client, Beverly Harrison — a 58-year-old grandmother unfairly denied a job as a school crossing guard based on a mistake from forty years ago — we recently filed a motion to defend the EEOC’s legal guidance […]

Ria Mar Testimony

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Republicans Target Kagans Past

The path to the Supreme Court continues for nominee Elena Kagan as her confirmation hearings continue. During Tuesdays proceedings, Republican members took Kagans clerkship and association with the late Justice Thurgood Marshall to task. They questioned Marshalls legal career and activist record. Sherrilyn Ifill, a professor of law at the University of Maryland, and John […]

Reproductive Justice and Racial Justice FAQ

Reproductive Justice and Racial Justice Frequently Asked Questions On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion in its ruling in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization dismantles the constitutional right to […]

Reported NYPD Use of Powerful Surveillance Technology

The New York Police Department (NYPD) has been adding photos of kids as young as 11, to its facial recognition database according to recent reports by the New York Times. Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement: “NYPD’s expanding use of facial recognition technology […]

Report Urges Next Mayor to Reform Admissions Policy for New York City’s Specialized High Schools, Provides Roadmap for Change

One week before New York City will elect its next mayor, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Community Service Society of New York (CSS) have released a report that provides a series of recommendations for how the next mayor and city leaders can create a fair admissions process into the […]

Report Reveals Racially Tainted Death Penalty Cases in Harris County During Duane Buck’s Trial

In his petition, Mr. Buck cites a new study that reveals that between 1992 to 1999 (a time period which includes Mr. Buck’s case), the Harris County D.A.’s Office was over three times more likely to seek the death penalty against African American defendants like Mr. Buck than against white defendants, and Harris County juries were […]

Report analyzes impact of California’s sentencing reform bill

Amid a heated debate over reducing California’s prison population, LDF and Stanford Law School’s Three Strikes Project have released a report that analyzes the impact of the historic Three Strikes Reform Act passed by California voters last November. Proposition 36 was the nation’s first ballot measure that reduced sentences of prisoners currently behind bars.  It passed […]