Back to the Future of Marriage Equality It was a familiar scene at the U.S. Supreme Court: states argued that allowing certain couples to marry would impose long-term harms upon children, families and social institutions. ...
As we approach the 61st Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which invalidated racial apartheid in our nation’s public schools, Sherrilyn Ifill urges Congress to preserve the federal role ...
Baltimore and US history of housing segregation “More than 100 years of housing policy — from segregation laws to restrictive covenants to urban renewal to the subprime mortgage crisis — have created a Baltimore that ...
Friday letters: Democracy in action Right to vote “For decades in Texas, the bottom line remains the same: When voters of color are on the brink of exercising increased electoral strength, those in charge have ...
Experts advance solutions for healing relationships between law enforcement and communities of color at America Healing Conference [Sherrilyn] Ifill recommended that the federal government leverage grants to change police behavior and practices in departments across ...
Healing Relationships between Law Enforcement and Communities of Color A Livestreamed Plenary Panel at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s America Healing Conference In light of recent events in Baltimore, Ferguson and cities around the country, there ...
Marrying Dignity and Equal Protection “Yesterday, as the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments about whether states can exclude gays and lesbians from the benefits of marriage, the crisis in Baltimore flooded the airwaves and ...
