We are the authors of the first chapter of the next 250 years of U.S. history. It’s worth remembering that in moments of past darkness we have triumphed not by moderating our opinions or softening our asks, but by dreaming big and daring boldly. www.contrariannews.org/p/we-need-a-...

“So, on this day, as we mark 250 years of nationhood, let’s mark it as Douglass urged us to do: by renewing our vows of liberty and by committing to the hard work of reimagining, rebuilding, and refounding.” Read more from @janainelson.bsky.social: www.contrariannews.org/p/we-need-a-...

LDF Issues Statement on 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the United States of America www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

BREAKING: Nearly 1 dozen states have their own bespoke Voting Rights Act filling the void left by SCOTUS and Congress. Voting Rights Groups Secure Final Passage of New Jersey Voter Empowerment Act - www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

‘This is our democracy to keep’ Honored to serve as a panelist at @aspenideas with @rickhasen @BenLGinsberg @whignewtons moderated by @FordFoundation’s new president @GerkenHeather to talk all things democracy. www.aspendailynews.com/news/aspen-i... via @aspendailynews

The first paragraph of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s concurrence is a devastating takedown of Justice Thomas’s heinous opinion: “The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.”

VICTORY! In what should have been a 9-0 decision, a 5-1-3 majority struck down Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship. LDF proudly defends birthright citizenship and the sanctity of the 14th amendment. Kudos to our outstanding ACLU co-counsel. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

BREAKING: Victory for Lisa Cook and the rule of law. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Trump cannot change the meaning of “for cause” to “at will” to advance his vendettas and control fed agencies beyond his established powers—an important constraint. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Black media legend Tony Brown has become an ancestor. Tony Brown was the host of an eponymous public affairs show on PBS, former dean of journalism schools and Howard and Hampton Universities, and consummate purveyor of Black news, education, and history. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/a...

The midterms are a vote or bust election. We, the people, must prepare to vote no matter the challenge. Trump wouldn’t be trying to force Congress to pass a voter suppression bill if our vote were not a threat. www.instagram.com/reel/DaDzZlR...

LDF Condemns Supreme Court Decision Allowing Trump Administration to Deport Haitian Families  www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

BREAKING: SCOTUS’s extremist majority has endangered hundreds of thousands of US residents from Haiti and Syria by denying them access to justice as they await asylum. For some, this is a death sentence. For all, it is a travesty of justice. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/u...

BREAKING: SCOTUS’s extremist majority has endangered hundreds of thousands of US residents from Haiti and Syria by denying them access to justice as they await asylum. For some, this is a death sentence. For all, it is a travesty of justice. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump isn’t just intent on destroying the White House & monuments but also your voting rts. He’s holding bipartisan housing reform & nat’l security bills hostage in exchange for the Stop All Voters Everywhere—SAVE Act. Tell Senators not to buckle: 202-224-3121 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

A right without a remedy for its violation is no right at all. SCOTUS’s 6-3 majority holding in Landor v. Louisiana is another direct arrogation of congressional authority and separation of powers by justices who purport to uphold religious freedom. apnews.com/article/supr...

Reupping this study that debunks the myth about Black fathers’ lack of involvement. Salute to fathers everywhere who hold it down even when the world counts them out. Happy Father’s Day! www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/s...

"We are not called to certainty — we are called to courage. It’s what this moment demands of all of us. Our freedom depends on it. We don’t have to know how we’ll get across the sea before we wade in neck-deep." @RepLaMonica McIver #Juneteenth www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Juneteenth is not only a celebration of freedom: It’s a reminder that we are not free until ALL of us are free. This Juneteenth we face a nationwide authoritarian attack on fair representation and civil rights. We defeated authoritarianism before, and we will do it again.

💙 🧡 💙 🧡 💙 🧡 💙 🧡 💙 🧡 KNICKS IN 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A medical examiner has ruled the death of Daphy Michel, a Haitian asylum seeker, a homicide by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after ICE released her from federal custody in freezing temperatures. #AbolishICE apnews.com/article/hait...

The Trump Admin is weaponizing govt resources in a dangerous and chilling escalation of attacks on nonprofits working to support and defend democracy. We call on members of Congress & the public to speak out against efforts to chill dissent & avoid accountability. www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

This was one of the worst weeks on recent record of the Trump takeover govt abusing taxpayer funds to terrorize nonprofits. From a scam cong’l hearing on SPLC to cont’d harassment of Democracy Defenders to an FBI raid of Ohio Organizing Collaborative & immigrants rts group AMICA …

A fair society avoids outcomes that unnecessarily harm one group more than another. That is what the legal theory of disparate impact does. It measures whether people are treated equally under a given policy and, if not, allows them to seek a fairer policy. 1/ www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...

The sham congressional hearing on @SPLCenter is the latest attempt by the corrupt Trump admin to silence its critics and redirect attention from its own extremism. This is an abuse of taxpayer resources when Congress should be focused on oversight and improving Americans’ lives.

The California race is good practice for November. There will be manufactured allegations of fraud, attacks on mail-in voting (Trump’s personally preferred voting method), and myriad efforts to spoil the election. Voters must be discerning and patient. Sometimes you just have to let it cook.

There is a human face to the destruction of democracy. Many thanks to Mara Gay for bearing witness and painting a powerful picture of what democratic backsliding looks and feels like for Black communities: utter betrayal. A Shocking Betrayal of Black Americans www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/o...

Congratulations to the family of LDF’s founder Thurgood Marshall who was honored with the christening of the USNS Thurgood Marshall (T-AO-211), the newest John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, this weekend. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/06/06/n...

Looking forward to discussing this week’s recent developments around voting rights—the good, the bad, and the ugly—on @theweekendprime tonight!

BREAKING: We are challenging Trump’s latest mail-voting executive order. We are urging the federal court to uphold mail-in voting and hold USPS accountable for its prior commitment to deliver election mail to all voters without delays or exceptions. bit.ly/4er2zHK

We are in a state of poly-crisis in America. At its center is the Supreme Court of the United States. As a litigator and civil rights leader, I do not say this lightly or without evidence. See Trump v. United States, granting near absolute presidential immunity, for starters. 1/

“The Sup Ct’s decision gives cover to Alabama & others to deliberately & openly discriminate against Black voters w/o fear of any consequence. The Court’s shameless decision to reinstate a racially discriminatory map defies any thoughtful or consistent application of the law…

LDF Condemns EEOC Decision to Withdraw Guidance on Addressing Employment Discrimination www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

A powerful reminder of the precious lives fortunate to be saved from and those tragically lost to the cruel and increasingly unusual punishment of the death penalty. Richard Glossip on Life After Decades on Death Row theintercept.com/2026/05/30/r...

This is now a game of truth or dare for SCOTUS. A month ago 6 justices held “Section 2 imposes liability…when the evidence supports a strong inference that the state intentionally drew its districts to afford minority voters less oppty b/c of their race.”

South Carolina stands firm and rejects mid-decade redistricting push to discriminate against Black voters modeling independent state leadership amid pressure from the White House. www.wltx.com/article/news...

BREAKING: Court Rejects Alabama House Map, Calling It Unfair to Black Voters Our teams have been working nonstop around the clock since the Callais decision to defend the maps in Alabama. This is a critical victory & affirmation that Black voters deserve fair maps. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...

Legend Clarence B. Jones—lawyer, speechwriter, editor, scholar, professor and confidante of MLK—helped formulate one of the most iconic speeches of the civil rights movement and ensured the world read Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Rest in peace & power. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/u...

Generations looking back on this moment of democratic collapse will understand Louisiana v. Callais to be its tipping point. The decision isn’t just bereft of intellectual & moral grounding, like Dred Scott & Plessy it is, as @cristianfarias.com describes, the antithesis. nymag.com/intelligence...

No weapon formed against the mission of racial justice shall prosper. Listen to @trinitychicago’s Rev. Otis Moss III’s 5-minute reminder that our ancestors “prayed and plotted”“worshipped and worked”. OUR time is NOW. LDF is grateful for your support. www.instagram.com/reel/DYuPzev...

The Trump-directed power grab by manipulating district lines is not the end goal. The question we should be asking is what they intend to do with this power. And the question they should be asking is whether we have ever taken a power grab sitting down. A movement is building. youtu.be/JB1v-re3eAw

this exchange bw @janainelson.bsky.social & @nhannahjones.bsky.social captures, with precision, why pro-democracy movements will not prevail unless they are self-counsciously and outspokenly anti-racist movements. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/m...

One of the best antidotes to political anxiety is action. We are not helpless and there is energy in community and empathetic acts. Let’s take heart and take action. #mustread www.ms.now/opinion/poli...

“Dissent is not a crime. Civil rights work is not fraud. Tracking neo-Nazis is not extremism. The FBI used to do it. The DOJ used to support it. And the country was safer for it.” open.substack.com/pub/juanproa...

BREAKING: LDF and co-counsel have filed suit to challenge a Whites-Only Community in Arkansas for discrimination against Black, Jewish, and LGBTQ+ people who didn’t get the memo that segregation is over. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/r...

America, the heist could not be more unhidden. www.citizen.org/news/trumps-...

HAPPENING NOW: LDF’s Associate Director-Counsel Todd Cox testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution: “Enforcing Callais: Implementing the Supreme Court’s Command Against Racial Gerrymandering” www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...

We are deeply saddened and outraged by the deadly shooting at San Diego’s largest mosque. We condemn this hate-fueled act & call upon all leaders to commit to the urgent work of building a country where no person fears for their safety b/c of their faith or identity. www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

Congress must block this absurdity. Paying insurrectionists one penny, let alone $1.7 billion in taxpayer money is treasonous and an impeachable offense. If ever there is a need for checks and balances, this is it. share.google/YEfZROnoWlj2...

“SCOTUS’ gutting of the Voting Rights Act is more than an attack on Black America. It is the check‑engine light for American democracy b/c every time this country weakens the protections built by Black struggle…it loosens the democratic foundations everyone stands on.”