Sherrilyn Ifill

NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo will not face federal charges for the death of Eric Garner. 

Exploring the 2016 elections could affect the Supreme Court for years to come and how to ensure the nation's highest court is more transparent, accountable and diverse in the future. 

Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund discusses the state of voting rights on Election Day.

In the past several months, President Obama has been making a quiet push to change the face of the nation's judicial system with a slow and steady stream of diverse nominees for fed...

Sherrilyn Ifill, civil rights lawyer, University of Maryland law professor and the author of The Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-first Century, offers analysis of Governor Romney's message yesterday and of Vice President Biden's speech today at the NAACP convention in Houston.

On the insistence of House Republicans, the U.S. Constitution will be read from beginning to end today on the floor of the House of Representatives. This may prove a fitting overture to what could be a Congressional session filled with Constitutional battles. Is this reading a stunt or a significant symbol of how Congress will work?

President Obama, Vice-President Biden, Henry Louis Gates Jr, and Sgt. James Crowley had their beer and discussion about racial profiling last night. But what are the lasting lessons? Sherrilyn Ifill civil rights lawyer, University of Maryland law professor and author of The Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching ...

Sherrilyn Ifill, civil rights lawyer, University of Maryland law professor and author of The Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-First Century, offers analysis of the NAACP centennial and President Obama's speech. Read The Speech Transcript Here