Tag: civil rights
Christie Thompson: Are California Prisons Punishing Inmates Based on Race?
April 2013Prison officials claim they need race-based methods to fight gang violence.
Nikole Hannah-Jones: A Colorblind Constitution
March 2013What Abigail Fisher’s affirmative action case is really about.
Meaghan Winter: Walking While Furtive
March 2013A look inside the courtroom on the opening day of Floyd v. NYC, the class-action lawsuit challenging the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy.
Nikole Hannah-Jones: How the Supreme Court Could Scuttle Critical Fair Housing Rule
February 2013The court’s review of a key concept used to enforce the 1968 Fair Housing Act could be a major setback for housing rights advocates.
Suevon Lee: The Other Crucial Civil Rights Case the Supreme Court Will be Ruling On
December 2012We’re all hearing about the gay marriage case, but the Supreme Court is set to rule on a key piece of voting access legislation.
David Morris: Profiles of Political Courage
May 2012Health care reform may be repealed if Republicans win in November, but it may not be the only president’s signature legislation that’s in danger.
Sweet Nothings
February 2010Civil rights champion David Mixner on his battle to end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” why the February 2nd Congressional hearings were a bust, and how the policy fosters sexual harassment of women soldiers.
