Bernard Lafayette was a legend in the civil rights movement. He was also a former client of LDF. What an incalculable loss. We lift up his memory in absolute reverence.
Bernard LaFayette, Freedom Rider and Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85 www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
If you were denied the right to vote in Texas or elsewhere in recent elections, please take a moment to report what happened by calling 1-865-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683) or by filling out information here online. Fixing our elections is a team sport. 866ourvote.org
The interference in Texas’ primary elections is unacceptable. When the Attorney General, who is also a candidate for another office, intervenes on a matter that impacts his own and other elections in which he has an interest, integrity is completely lost.
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Law firms that stood firm and fought against Trump’s bullying should be lauded for their leadership and rewarded with patronage from anyone who seeks fearless resolve in their legal representation. The takeway: never to turn over your lunch money.
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With all the turmoil in the world, last night’s #ImageAwards was a welcome moment of community and celebration—also an opportunity to elevate the message that we want #ICEOUT of American cities and neighborhoods for good.
Always great to be in conversation with @joyannreid! We talked about the attacks journalists, the State of the Union, threats to voting rights—and what we can do about it.
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JoAnn Bland demonstrated extraordinary courage in the face of violence and intimidation in her hometown. Ms. Bland carried that courage forward throughout her life by preserving the history of the movement through her leadership. May she rest in power.
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No one who is at all concerned with the national security of the United States can possibly support Trump. This is simply a hideous betrayal of the country and its future in exchange for a bribe.
Trump does not simply want voters to verify who they are. That already happens in every state under threat of criminal penalty. What he wants is to force Americans to show forms of ID that millions do not possess in order to keep them from voting.
What’s he afraid of? YOUR VOTE.
Trump’s lies and deception are at such a clip it’s nearly impossible to keep track, but, the blatant, inciteful racist & xenophobic rhetoric against the Somali community is too dangerous & disgusting to be ignored. No one should sit in that chamber giving audience to such hatred.
WATCH LIVE: State of the People TV x The Signal LIVE: The Black People’s Alternative to the State of the Union. While Trump traffics in lies, tune into the truth w/ LDF Dir of Policy Demetria McCain & LDF Thurgood Marshall Institute Dir Karla McKanders. m.youtube.com/watch?v=TqRw...
HAPPENING LIVE NOW: On @rolandsmartin’s Ulfiltered LDF’s Associate Director-Counsel Todd Cox discussed the way we win in the courts and in the streets as America braces for the litany of falsehoods that will be on display in the #StateOfTheUnion m.youtube.com/@rolandsmartin
Calling on all members of Congress: if there were ever a time to honor your esteemed predecessor the late great foot soldier, fighter & moral muscle John R. Lewis by making good trouble it is now. And it begins by blocking the SAVE aka SABOTAGE Act by any lawful means necessary.
The lawlessness and disorder crowd that fought with, maimed and even killed police on January 6 and now want to conscript them to defy the law for the ICE machine.
Hogan says Maryland police will ‘ignore’ new law prohibiting them from working with ICE thehill.com/homenews/sta...
The “SAVE” Act is the tool Trump and his allies in Congress want to keep Americans from voting. Requiring official fed or state papers just to register to vote means millions of eligible voters will be denied the right to vote. Call the Senate to demand a NO vote: 202-224-3121
Former LDF Board Member, Norman C. Francis, who shaped Xavier and New Orleans, dies at 94. We are immeasurably grateful for his many contributions and years of service to the public and critical educational and social justice institutions. veritenews.org/2026/02/18/n...
LDF Mourns the Loss of Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., Civil Rights Champion and Coalition Leader
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Some had Shirley, others had Obama, but, Jesse was the beacon for so many of my generation, teaching us early on that perseverance has no limits and hope plus action are two of the greatest forces for change. Thank you, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. May you rest in eternal peace and power.
This response from Britain’s parliamentary under-secretary of state for safeguarding and violence against women and girls (yes, they have an undersecretary for that) is the one you would expect from a president who is repulsed by pedophilia and confident in his innocence.
This is obviously not targeted enforcement. And we still don’t know how many children they’ve taken.
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Well, well.
Oz Offers Forceful Call for Vaccination as Measles Becomes More Dire www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...
There are a growing number of reports of agents impersonating construction workers, delivery drivers & anti-ICE activists, heightening fears in the state.
That's deceptive & unconstitutional, because they use trickery to get around warrant & consent protections.
This country is committing countless human rights violations at Trump’s direction. There will be an accounting.
It’s such a hard choice, but, this has to be my fav highlight of Bad Bunny’s halftime show. He powerfully showcased the breadth and beauty of Latino culture and all that it has given America, while reminding us of how much America has lost its way.
All other governors should boycott the dinner. If state’s rights means anything against a tyrannical federal govt that has been overtaken by lawless and corrupt agents of Trump, no governor should sit down while another is being punished for standing up.
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It’s tempting to focus only on Trump and his asinine antics, but it’s really about the 77 million Americans who voted for him when his incompetence, cruelty, racism and misogyny were well known. What have they learned since? And are there enough of them who want something better?
Dismantling ICE, which has been co-opted and weaponized beyond reform, does not mean that immigration laws cannot be enforced or that they cannot be strengthened and improved. It simply means that the Trump-directed terrorist army that is ICE will cease to use taxpayer $ to violate the Constitution.
Me, too! Thank you.
Thanks, sis.
