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The Legacy of Gentrification: The Foundation of the Low Income Housing Crisis 19 May 2012 | 02:45 pm
By Tarice L.S. Gray "[I]f you're going to do urban redevelopment then protect the people that are already there, and help create more vibrant communities for everybody."
LDF Successfully Defends the Heart of the Voting Rights Act 19 May 2012 | 02:43 pm
Today, for the second time in the past year, a federal court in Washington, D.C. upheld the constitutionality of the heart of the 2006 reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act.
The Right’s New Rule: Maximum Ideological Polarization 17 May 2012 | 06:55 am
By Lee A. Daniels More and more right-wing elected officials and wannabe officeholders have made clear they hold a different political value, one which was bluntly stated by Richard Mourdock, the Rep...
Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach, 1922 – 2012 17 May 2012 | 06:54 am
In the early 1960s Nicholas Katzenbach was part of the cadre of talented lawyers from the Justice Department who worked to ensure that the national promise of equality too long ignored was finally kep...
Judge Louis H. Pollak, 1922 – 2012 17 May 2012 | 06:53 am
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. is deeply saddened by the passing of Judge Louis H. Pollak, a legendary figure in LDF’s and this nation’s quest for racial justice and equality.
May 17, 1954: America’s Modern Era Begins 17 May 2012 | 06:52 am
"After every other Supreme Court victory we had celebrated with a raucous, boozy party. But after Brown there was quiet. It was all so awesome.”
Thinking Outside the Cell Series: A Relationship Worthwhile 17 May 2012 | 06:51 am
By Ronald F. Day Generally, when we think of relationships, we think of people. This relationship was different. It involved only one person: me. The relationship that I felt enthusiastic talking abo...
The Real-Life “Survivor One World:” Will ‘Life’ Imitate ‘Art?’ 17 May 2012 | 06:50 am
By Kenneth J. Cooper People who are unaccustomed to exercising power need to learn how to seize power and how to exercise it. Those skills and habits of mind will not automatically be implanted when ...
Summer 2000: The Shootings at Jackson State University; Thirty Years Later 16 May 2012 | 08:48 am
Editor’s Note -- The killing of four unarmed students at Kent State University by Ohio National Guardsmen called in to quell a student demonstration there on May 4, 1970 immediately became one of the ...
Elizabeth Warren and the Attack on Affirmative Action 10 May 2012 | 01:45 am
By Kenneth J. Cooper You can tell Republicans are worried about freshman Scott Brown making it back to the Senate this fall because they're playing to racial resentments in the high-profile Massachus...
