NAACP: We Want More Police But We Want Them Trained

NAACP Washington Bureau Director Hilary Shelton said minority communities want more police presence but law enforcement must be properly trained in order to curtail racial profiling. (0:26)

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Laws Against Poll Challengers Too Loose, Says NAACP Activist

Kristen Clarke, Co-Director of the Political Participation Group for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund describes the loose laws on who can challenge who at the poll and the strain it puts on both voters and poll workers. (0:37)

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Boxer Assumes Black Chamber Of Commerce Supports Energy Bill, Is Warned To Not Jump To Conclusions

Harry Alford, President of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, interrupts Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and accuses her of assuming that his organization supports the Waxman-Markey energy bill simply because the NAACP supports it. (0:44)
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Black Chamber Of Commerce President Calls Boxer "Condescending"

Harry Alford, President of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, criticizes Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) for quoting him, calling it "condescending." (0:25)
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Voting Rights Act Essential To U.S. Democracy, Says NAACP Attorney

Kristin Clarke, attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, says that Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act "remains a symbolic fixture" for greater political equality in the United States. (0:23)
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Plaintiffs Failed To Tear Out Voting Rights Act, Says NAACP Attorney

Kristin Clarke, attorney working at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, responds on today's decision of the Supreme Court on the Voting Rights Act and how the plaintiffs did not succeed in their attemp to "tear out the heart" of the Act. (0:15)
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America's Future Now Radio Row: Noah Gravish from NAACP

TRNS reporter, Courtney Costello, interviews Noah Gravish of the NAACP. (0:34)
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NAACP Legal Defense Fund on Voting Rights Act Challenger

Jay Goodman Tamboli speaks with Jeffrey Robinson, Senior Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, about today's Supreme Court arguments on the challenge the the Voting Rights Act. (8:32)
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NAACP: Employers ought to be able to avoid discriminating against employees

John Payton, President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, speaks with Legal Affairs Correspondent Jay Goodman Tamboli about today's oral arguments in Ricci v. Destefano, regarding firefighters suing over alleged reverse discrimination in New Haven's refusal to certify qualifying exams for captain and lieutenant positions. (8:26)
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McCain campaign calls for education reform

Policy advisers from the McCain Campaign Phil Handy, Lisa Graham Keegan, Doug Holtz Eakin, and Nancy Pfotenhauer discuss Sen. John McCain’s remarks on education at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio. Participants in the conference say McCain’s proposals like bonuses to recruit highly qualified teachers can have an immediate effect and help to lessen unnecessary bureaucracy. Participants also explain McCain’s support for school vouchers as an alternative to low-performing public schools. (20:02)
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NAACP Legal Defense testifies on poor voting history

John Payton discusses the history of denying votes to eligible voters in this country. Payton is the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (0:51)
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