A series of short primers on legal principles and racial justice by the experts at LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute.

Water/Color

As the price of water continues to rise, scores of communities across the country are increasingly plagued by service terminations and lien sales, leading to home foreclosures

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Active Voice

Over LDF’s rich history, we have had the privilege of amplifying the voices of bold, courageous, and intelligent women through litigation and advocacy. During Women’s History

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The Census

    What is the Census?  Since 1790, the federal government has conducted the Census—a constitutionally required count of the entire population of the United

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The 14th Amendment

    The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was the centerpiece of the Reconstruction Amendments, which together abolished slavery, gave African-American men the right

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