Barbara Lee was elected the next mayor of Oakland as the longtime lawmaker secures slightly over 50% of the first-place...

The Mississippi Legislature’s newly redrawn Mississippi Senate District map does not follow court orders to strengthen voting power for Black...

A lawsuit claiming the way Houston County elects county commissioners dilutes the power of Black voters is moving ahead —...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health contributed to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Rep. Harold V. Dutton Jr., a seasoned member of the Texas House of Representatives, has been serving the people of...

The Department of Justice voluntarily dismissed its civil lawsuit against the Mississippi State Senate over allegations that the legislative body...

Earlier this week, District Judge Tanya Chutkan blocked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from clawing back billions of dollars in climate funds that were...

The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed a federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s attempts to prohibit and chill lawful efforts to ensure...

The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Lambda Legal sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Superintendent Yvette M. Davids urging the U.S. Naval Academy...

To commemorate the 57th anniversary of the passage of the National Fair Housing Act, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) has...