Brown v Board of Education (Supreme Court Decision)

Two Documentaries on School Integration Offer New Views of an Old Problem

Premiering in September, the films take very different looks at what has and hasn’t changed in the almost 70 years since Brown v. Board of Education.

In Year-End Report, Chief Justice Roberts Addresses Threats to Judges’ Safety

The report, an annual tradition, shed no light on the investigation into the leak of a draft opinion in May or on calls for more rigorous ethics rules for the justices.

In Clash Over Affirmative Action, Both Sides Invoke Brown v. Board of Education

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday about admissions policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina — and the meaning of a civil rights landmark.

On Affirmative Action, What Once Seemed Unthinkable Might Become Real

Should diversity still be considered the compelling interest in college admissions that the court said it was in 1978?

What Can History Tell Us About the Roe Effect on the Midterms?

Finding analogies for big successes by the party out of power.