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On Sept. 28, the U.S. Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act (PCSA), an irresponsible piece of legislation that threatens the financial security and success student-athletes, including low-incom...

Shades of Red A Resource on the Suspicious Deaths of Black People Hangings. Drownings. Disappearances. Recently, a growing number of Black people have died under suspicious circumstances. This is only a small window into the growing number of unanswered...

IN BRIEF: Today, the U.S.

A grand jury has found there wasn’t evidence to bring charges in the death of Nolan Wells, a Black teen who was found dead after a July 4 boating trip off the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Make sure you're ready to cast your ballot in the upcoming elections!

Court leaves a preliminary injunction in place through the November election; USPS cannot withhold mail ballots from voters  In a major win for voting rights, election integrity, and democracy, the U....

Make sure you're ready to cast your ballot in the upcoming elections!

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a request by Missouri voting rights advocates to block an order from a federal judge that would have allowed Missouri to use a racially discriminatory map that wa...

Read a PDF of our statement here.  Today, the U.S. Treasury Department proposed new regulations that would remove tax-exempt status from private universities, as well as private primary, secondary, pr...

Read a PDF of our statement here.  Today, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson issued the following statement on the passing of Gloria Steinem:  “Trailblazer. Troublema...

The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.

The report, filed in federal court last week, found that these units continued making unconstitutional stops, frisks, and searches.

A California court ruled today that LDF must amend its lawsuit against the City of Piedmont, California, if the lawsuit is to proceed. The lawsuit, originally filed in February 2026 by LDF and co-coun...

An appeals panel ruled against Representative LaMonica McIver, who is accused by the Justice Department of assaulting immigration agents outside a migrant detention center in New Jersey.

Plaintiffs in League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump Supplement Original Complaint and Seek Emergency Court Order to Block USPS From Implementing Mail Ballot Rule for November Election BOSTO...

Read a PDF of our statement here. Today, a group of student plaintiffs challenging the University of Alabama’s suspension and termination of two student-run magazines, Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six, fi...