Jun 29, 2023 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today in (Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard, and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina) upends a 45-year-precedent that clearly affirmed the use of race as one of...
Jun 26, 2023 | News Releases
CHICAGO – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) paid tribute in Chicago recently to three leaders who have dedicated their careers to improving the lives of those in the Latino community and throughout the country. “As we celebrate civil rights...
Jun 22, 2023 | Court Cases Employment, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – Three Latino men who sued the Clark County Department of Public Works for discrimination and racial bias were awarded $200,000 each by a jury on Tuesday. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) and the Seattle law firm of...
Jun 9, 2023 | News Releases, Voting Rights
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Allen v. Milligan, a lawsuit that challenged Alabama’s discriminatory redistricting maps, is an important victory for democracy and holds implications for other ongoing challenges to recently drawn maps....
May 27, 2023 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism, Media, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – A federal court has refused to temporarily block a Colorado school district’s rule that bars a student from wearing a sash honoring her Mexican American heritage. Villasano had been asking the school district since April to be allowed to wear the sash...
