A Q&A with housing policy analyst Leah Rothstein explores how community members can unlock diverse housing options in segregated communities.
Race & Ethnicity
Posted inLaw and Justice
Moving On to Adversity-Based Affirmative Action
Here’s a package of options for turning a legal defeat into an opportunity.
Posted inPolitics
From the Exonerated Five to the New York City Council
Yusef Salaam campaigned on economic justice and housing reform.
Posted inLaw and Justice
SCOTUS Trashes Precedent and Resegregates Higher Education
The affirmative action case once again distorts constitutional protections to ideological ends.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Pleasant Surprises From the Roberts Court
This session’s rulings on voting rights have broken with recent trends.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Fleecing in Indian Country
An undercovered SCOTUS decision brushes against Native sovereign immunity, but also potentially snuffs out loopholes exploited by payday lenders.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Q&A: Charleston’s Coming Storm
Harvard Law professor Susan Crawford dissects how the South Carolina city ignores its Black residents and its climate realities.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Black Political Power Still Traumatizes the White South
After ‘Milligan,’ some redistricting cases may find their way back to state lawmakers who fear Black voters—and the multiracial coalitions they can anchor.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Why Supreme Court Protests Matter
Public outrage at the extreme decisions and corruption may have gotten John Roberts to uphold Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Atlanta’s Unrelenting Cop City Crusade
Today on Based, the Atlanta City Council is hell-bent on building a $70 million police playground. It’s the last thing the city needs.
