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  • Benjamin Crump Joins Legal Team Representing Former MetroHealth CEO Dr. Airica Steed in Discrimination Lawsuit

    Prominent civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump has joined the legal team representing Dr. Airica Steed, the former CEO of MetroHealth, in her discrimination lawsuit against the healthcare system. Dr. Steed, who was terminated in August 2024, is challenging her dismissal, alleging it was rooted in gender and race discrimination. Dr. Steed, who had been on…

  • North Carolina Voter ID Trial Commences Amidst Dispute Over Discrimination Claims

    The onset of a federal trial scheduled for Monday in Winston-Salem marks a pivotal moment in the legal battle surrounding North Carolina’s controversial photo voter identification law. The lawsuit, initiated more than five years ago by the state NAACP and various local chapters, challenges the constitutionality of the law enacted by the Republican-dominated General Assembly…

  • NAACP Sues Alabama Town Over Decades-Long Violations of Voting Rights

    The NAACP Legal Defense Fund, along with a private Alabama law firm, Quinn, Connor, Weaver, Davis & Rouco, has filed a lawsuit against the town of Newbern, Alabama, alleging decades-long violations of residents’ voting rights. The lawsuit targets the town’s former mayor, Haywood “Woody” Stokes, and the all-white council board for allegedly manipulating the political…