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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
4d ago
SHREVEPORT, LA. – A crucial test of the movement toward equal voting rights will unfold at a hearing and trial to be held from April 8 to 10 at the U.S. District Court for the ..read more
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
4d ago
Montgomery, Ala. — Today, a coalition of civil rights, voting rights and disability rights organizations sued Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, Alabama’s 42 District Attorneys, and Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen to block Alabama’s ..read more
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
4d ago
Media Contact: LDF Media Office: media@naacpldf.org, 212-965-2200 ACLU National: media@aclu.org WilmerHale LLP: Frank E. James, frank.james@wilmerhale.com. 202-247-3560 (California) - Today, a consortium of nationally renowned civil rights organizations, legal organizations, and a law firm filed ..read more
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
2w ago
Yesterday, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its Memorandum on “Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence,” which sets requirements and offers guidance for federal agencies’ development, procurement ..read more
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
2w ago
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is deeply saddened by the death of Louis Gossett Jr., a trailblazing actor and benefactor of human and civil rights. Gossett Jr. died at 87 years old on March 29 ..read more
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
3w ago
Last week, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and co-counsel Quinn, Connor, Weaver, Davis, & Rouco LLP filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in Braxton et al., v. Stokes et al., a federal lawsuit challenging ..read more
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
3w ago
CONTACT: Phoebe Plagens, media@naacpldf.org, 646-979-7382 Ella Wiley, ACLU, media@aclu.org, 925-819-0555 Paul Bowers, ACLU-SC, pbowers@aclusc.org, 843-608-8141 COLUMBIA, S.C. — A three-judge district court issued an order allowing South Carolina's racially gerrymandered congressional map to remain in ..read more
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
3w ago
Independent Monitor Ends Oversight of Upstart Network Amid Impasse and Offers Guidance for Fair Lending Oversight in Financial Services; Parties Warn of Risk of AI-Driven Bias in Consumer Lending March 27, 2024 | WASHINGTON, D.C ..read more
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
3w ago
On Wednesday, New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers tased and fatally shot Win Rozario, who had called 911 seeking help and then reportedly brandished scissors at responding officers while in mental distress. In response ..read more
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
1M ago
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge, the second Black woman to head the agency, has announced her retirement. During her three-year tenure Secretary Fudge proved to be a tireless guardian of fair housing ..read more