NAACP

Ben Jealous will appear with the Vermont senator at an event in the Granite State before the Feb. 9 primary. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Former NAACP leader to endorse Sanders

Ariel Cohen · February 4, 2016 7:17 pm

"We have to strike a balance between our laudable ambitions for improving our environment and what is actually commercially feasible," said Jay Timmons. (AP File Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Energy and Environment

Groups compete over election-year energy priorities

John Siciliano · January 29, 2016 12:56 am

"Adora Obi Nweze, president of the state's NAACP chapter, said the group opposes the scholarship program because Florida's children do not have equal access to the opportunity," reports Politico Florida. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

NAACP chapter opposes school choice program … for not being universal?

Jason Russell · January 6, 2016 5:01 am

Chicago cop makes bail, city erupts in protests

Chicago cop makes bail, city erupts in protests

Anna Giaritelli · December 1, 2015 3:37 am

WadeÂ Henderson is a staple of the movement, previously leading the NAACP's D.C. bureau and working for the ACLU.Â (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Civil rights leader Wade Henderson retiring

Nicole Duran · November 4, 2015 11:32 pm

California's Democrat Attorney General Kamala Harris oversees licensing of charities and other nonprofits that wish to ask Californians for contributions. (AP Photo)

NAACP v. Alabama for the 21st Century

Mark Fitzgibbons · September 1, 2015 4:01 am

They both attended J.E.B. Stuart in the 1970s, Moore graduating in 1977 and Cohen in 1979. (Getty File Photo)

Oscar winners push to change high school’s Confederate name

Joshua Axelrod · August 25, 2015 10:01 pm

Julian Bond, former board chairman of the NAACP, speaks during an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, in Washington. He passed away Saturday, August 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Civil rights icon Julian Bond dies at 75

Daniel Chaitin · August 16, 2015 5:04 pm

Under the new initiative, President Obama will reiterate the need for the Senate to pass the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, which recently passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo)

Revamping the nation’s criminal justice system is Obama’s next mission

Nicole Duran · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

President Barack Obama speaks at the NAACP's 106th national convention at the Philadelphia Convention Center, on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama: Restore ex-cons’ voting rights

Nicole Duran · July 15, 2015 12:31 am

Identity Politics

Mark Hemingway · June 29, 2015 4:00 am

The Rachel Dolezal Story is Even Stranger Than You Think

TWS Podcast · June 17, 2015 6:50 pm