Fact check: Immigration doesn’t bring crime into U.S., data say
Analysis suggests immigration has a crime-suppressing effect. In other words, more immigration equals less crime.
NASCAR accused of racial discrimination in $500 million lawsuit
The racing organization quickly responded, calling the lawsuit “meritless” and threatening to file a countersuit for defamation.
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Supreme Court weighs racial discrimination in jury selection
Timothy Foster was tried, convicted and sentenced to death for murdering an elderly woman during a burglary in 1986. But did prosecutors discriminate against African-Americans in jury selection? Special correspondent Tim O’Brien offers background on the case going to the…
Obama: Racial bias in Ferguson police department not isolated
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said the type of racial discrimination found in Ferguson, Missouri, is not unique to that police department, and he cast law enforcement reform as a chief struggle for today's civil rights movement.
In our news wrap Monday, the Justice Department has filed suit against the state of North Carolina over alleged racial discrimination in a new state law that scales back early voting and imposes stricter identification requirements. Also, the latest series…
Can Congress Design a Successor to Struck-Down Provision of Voting Rights Act?…
Fifty years ago, nine black students entered Little Rock Central High School, marking a critical moment in the efforts to desegregate the nation's schools. Seven of the "Little Rock Nine" recall their experiences.
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