WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is revising its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. NSF is taking this action to align the conduct prohibited by NSF's regulations with Title VI's text, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, serve the public interest, ensure consistency with the final rule recently issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ), and implement the direction outlined in Executive Order (E.O.) 14281. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Executive Summary more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF Commemorates 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act Amid Repeated Assaults on Voting Rights by the Trump Administration * Sixty-one years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 into law. The VRA was the crown jewel of the Civil Rights Movement, ending discriminatory practices used to prevent Black voters from exercising their right to vote, creating tools to remedy violatio more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Schiff's Bill to Rename Glendale Post Office Honoring Former U.S. Navy Secretary Advances from Senate Committee * Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs advanced U.S. Senator Adam Schiff's (D-Calif.) legislation to rename a U.S. Postal Service facility in Glendale, CA after former U.S. Navy Secretary Paul Ignatius to honor his legacy of military service.  The U.S. House of Representatives passed compa more PR