Lathan Watts is Director of Public Affairs for First Liberty Institute, responsible for all efforts to increase First Liberty Institute’s profile in local and national markets. His focus is on expanding public awareness of First Liberty’s mission, legal matters, and educational projects by coordinating communication with community leaders, influencers, policy makers, and the public at large.

Keisha Russell is Counsel with First Liberty Institute, concentrating on religious liberty matters and First Amendment rights.

Russell attended Emory University School of Law, where she was heavily involved in Emory’s prestigious Center for the Study of Law and Religion. She served on the Emory Journal of Law & Religion and two moot court teams. She was a law clerk for the Center’s Restoring Religious Freedom Project where she worked on religious liberty litigation. In her final year of law school, Russell worked as a law clerk for the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) on national and international matters affecting Israel.

Russell was also selected for a legal clinic with the Emory Barton Child Law and Policy Center. She trained with a political expert and advocated for children at the Georgia state capitol. Russell was selected by Emory University as a Graduating Woman of Excellence.

Prior to joining First Liberty, Russell earned a Bachelor’s in Communications from University of Central Florida and a Master’s in Teaching from the University of Southern California. She was a 2011 Teach For America corps member and taught elementary special education in Atlanta. Russell is most passionate about protecting religious freedom for children in America’s schools.

By: Mark Antonio Wright - nationalreview.com - February 24, 2022 The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has begun. The Ukrainians appear to be fighting hard in the east of their country near Kharkiv, a city of ...

By: Mark Antonio Wright - nationalreview.com - February 24, 2022 The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has begun. The Ukrainians appear to be fighting hard in the east of their country near Kharkiv, a city of ...

Federal courts have ordered that the military cannot punish service members who request religious accommodations to the vaccine mandate.  

By: John McCormack - Nationalreview.com - February 18, 2022 With eight months to go until the 2022 midterm elections, Chuck Schumer is planning to hold the first vote in Senate history on a bill that would ...

The U.S. economy is facing the worst labor shortage in close to a century, according to new research, raising the prospect of prolonged higher-than-usual inflation.

The U.S. maternal mortality rate has more than tripled in 35 years, according to a government report released Wednesday.

Russia is actively attacking Ukraine with airstrikes and ground invasions from multiple fronts. Innocents are attempting escape as world leaders grapple with next steps. This is a time to pray. Russian control of Ukraine would ...