Jul 26, 2017 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
Bakersfield, CA – Latino and Black students enrolled in the Kern High School District, together with their parents and community activist organizations Dolores Huerta Foundation, National Brotherhood Association, and Faith in Kern, obtained a historic settlement...
Jul 24, 2017 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
Bakersfield, CA – Please attribute the following statements on a settlement reached between Latino and Black students, community activist organizations and the Kern High School District to the following organizations: California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc....
Jul 12, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – State officials are violating the civil rights of 13.5 million individuals enrolled in Medi-Cal, the health insurance program for low-income Californians, a majority of whom are Latino, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The suit, filed in...
Jul 7, 2017 | News Releases, Redistricting
This coming Monday, MALDEF will be presenting its witnesses in federal court for the third in a series of trials on Texas redistricting and the discriminatory drawing of district lines. In coming weeks, as attorneys for the only intervenors in the case, MALDEF will be...
Jul 7, 2017 | News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights
San Antonio, TX – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) will represent the Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force and 17 individual Latino voters at a five-day trial starting Monday challenging the Texas Legislature’s 2013 redistricting...
