Today marks the fourth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, a devastating ruling that immobilized a part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) that was one of ...
In December, Buffalo School Board member Carl Paladino — who has a long history of making racist comments — made a series of outrageous “wishes” for 2017, including for then-President Barack Obama to “[catch] mad ...
Generally pursued through the guise of local control, secession efforts further cement school segregation along racial and socioeconomic lines and often exacerbate inequalities between low- and high-income schools, the report found. After decades of increased ...
Wednesday’s confirmation hearing for three of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees may lack the intrigue of James Comey’s blockbuster testimony, but for anyone who cares about the integrity and independence of America’s courts, the stakes ...
More than 20 years later, I remain of the view that the report’s findings, including on the importance of ensuring diversity through electoral subdistricts, continues to resonate today. For example, in Terrebonne Parish, a federal ...
Who Is Dangerous, and Who Dies? Then, not long ago, I read about the case of Buck v. Davis, decided by the Supreme Court on Feb. 22. Duane Buck had been convicted of capital murder ...
Two nights ago, a jury in Tulsa, Oklahoma, found Police Officer Betty Jo Shelby not guilty of first-degree manslaughter for the September 2016 roadside killing of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed Black man. The verdict reinforced, once again, ...
