By Democracy Forward, NIWR, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Legal Defense Fund
Disparate impact claims have long helped dismantle unjust barriers to opportunity—ensuring fairer access to housing, education, and economic stability. But these vital civil rights protections are now under threat.
On May 19, 2025, the Louisiana House of Representatives passed H.B. 685, a bill that would prohibit state agencies and public higher education institutions from making any efforts to promote […]
In his inaugural address on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump declared, “We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based.”[1] Subsequently, President Trump issued a series of executive […]
On April 24, the National Institute for Workers’ Rights (NIWR), NELA’s charitable public interest organization, filed an unfair labor practice charge against the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & […]
The print issue of our 2021 symposium on anti-discrimination law is out! The National Institute for Workers’ Rights joined with the American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the […]