Politics Jun 25 Justices uphold key tool for fighting housing bias WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has upheld a key enforcement tool used by the Obama administration and civil rights groups to fight housing bias. By Sam Hananel, Associated Press
Politics Sep 06 Texas housing bias suit may make it to Supreme Court The Supreme Court could decide as early as this month whether to take up yet another case challenging so-called "disparate impact" lawsuits. In disparate impact cases, plaintiffs rely on statistics to show that seemingly neutral housing or lending practices can… By Sam Hananel, Associated Press
Arts Apr 04 Watch Americans Reflect on Evolution of King’s Legacy On the evening of April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of a Memphis hotel, leaving the civil rights movement he led to forge its own path. A panel of analysts discuss King's complex legacy…