Jun 24 Watch Supreme Court Sends Texas Affirmative Action Case Back to Lower Court Supreme Court Sends Texas Affirmative Action Case Back to Lower Court… Continue watching
Jun 24 Republican Strategist Examines Immigration Reform's Chances Photo by Karen Bleier/ AFP/ Getty Images. As the Senate floor buzzed Thursday afternoon over the Republican-sponsored border security amendment aimed at expanding the GOP vote for immigration reform, veteran GOP strategist Whit Ayres wanted to know if the… Continue reading
Jun 24 Geek Alert: Why Do Data Stories? EmbedVideo(6758, 482, 304); Political editor Christina Bellantoni interviewed data producer Elizabeth Shell about the in-depth interactive, New Adventures for Older Workers, on the lessons learned, pitfalls, whys and hows of the project. People are putting off… Continue reading
Jun 24 Supreme Court Decisions: Affirmative Action Reaction Live By Meena Ganesan The Supreme Court has sent a Texas case on race-based college admissions back to a lower court for another look. The court's 7-1 decision Monday leaves unsettled many of the basic questions about the continued use of race as a… Continue reading
Jun 24 Border Security Senate Vote Barometer for Immigration Bill's Fate Republican Sens. John Hoeven of North Dakota and Bob Corker of Tennessee discuss their immigration agreement outside the Senate chamber on June 20 in Washington, DC. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. The Senate is scheduled to hold… Continue reading
Jun 24 Live Blog of Supreme Court Decisions Monday By Katelyn Polantz The Supreme Court could make landmark rulings on three major issues this week, weighing affirmative action in higher education, the Voting Rights Act section 5, and California's Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act,… Continue reading
Jun 21 Shields and Brooks take 'The Doubleheader' live By Hari Sreenivasan Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, thank you so much for participating in a special live edition of "The Doubleheader," the show where we talk about the sport of politics and the politics of sport with syndicated columnist Mark… Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch Shields and Brooks on Farm Bill Failure, Obama in Berlin Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze the week's top political news with Jeffrey Brown, including the failure of the farm bill, the progress of immigration reform in the Senate and its prospects in the… Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch Should Immigrants Be Required to Learn English? A provision of the proposed immigration legislation would require immigrants to prove they're learning English before they can become permanent residents. Ray Suarez gets debate on the issue from Georgetown University's Barbara Mujica and Max Sevillia of the National Association… Continue watching
Jun 21 Senate Forges Ahead With Immigration Bill Despite Murky Fate in House A U.S. Customs and Border Protection bike patrol agent in Nogales, Ariz., on June 2, 2010. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. The comprehensive immigration reform bill in the Senate received a boost Thursday with the announcement of an… Continue reading