Jun 25 Supreme Court Decisions: Voting Rights Act Reaction Live By Meena Ganesan For more coverage of the Shelby County ruling by the Supreme Court, watch Tuesday's PBS NewsHour. (Courtroom sketches by W. J. Hennessy) The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Section 4 of the landmark Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional. Continue reading
Jun 25 Supreme Court Makes Narrow Affirmative Action Ruling to Start Blockbuster Week By Katelyn Polantz Arielle Atherley holds a sign in front of the U.S. Supreme Court before affirmative action arguments were heard on Oct. 10, 2012. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images The Supreme Court decided on Monday its first of four major cases this… Continue reading
Jun 25 Supreme Court Live Blog: Awaiting Same-Sex Marriage and Voting Rights Act Rulings By Katelyn Polantz Landmark rulings from the Supreme Court on two major issues could come this morning. The court is set to issue decisions on the Voting Rights Act section 5, and California's Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of… Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch What Does the Supreme Court Decision Mean for Affirmative Action’s Future? What Does the Supreme Court Decision Mean for Affirmative Action's Future?… Continue watching
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 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 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 Author Jeff Chu, Evangelical Leaders React to Closing of Exodus International Earlier this week Exodus International made headlines when it decided to close its doors and issue an apology to the gay community. For decades that organization has been the leading practitioner of the "gay cure" movement. Jeff Chu, author "Does… 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 20 Gwen’s Take: How the Supreme Court Might Change Your Life By Gwen Ifill We are entering the last week of June, which means it's time for the annual waiting game. Are we waiting for sweet corn? For the neighborhood pool to open? For Congress to leave town? No. As always, we are waiting… Continue reading