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An overnight Israeli raid at a Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza killed at least 18 Palestinians and wounded 42 others. Margaret Warner discusses the latest violence in the Middle East with New York Times reporter James Bennett in Gaza.

Massachusetts became the first state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Monday. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the ceremonies and controversy in the Bay State.

The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case desegregated America's public schools, but most minority students still attend schools where they are the majority. Gwen Ifill talks to four experts about the ways Brown has brought about change,…

Refugees from the Darfur region of western Sudan have fled across the border into Chad to escape alleged ethnic cleansing in their war-torn country. Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro looks at the dismal daily life in these refugee camps and…