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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
3d 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
3d 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
2w 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
2w 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
2w 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
2w 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
3w 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
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
3w ago
"South Carolina officials requested to lift a federal court order that prohibits the State from using a racially gerrymandered congressional map for the November 2024 elections in Congressional District 1. If these officials had their way ..read more
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
1M ago
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held a hearing entitled: "Divisive, Excessive, Ineffective: The Real Impact of DEI on College Campuses.” The hearing ..read more
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
1M ago
(NEW YORK, NY) - The federal monitor overseeing the consolidated monitoring process to reform the NYPD in Floyd v. City of New York, Davis v. City of New York, and Ligon v. City of New ..read more