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A Matter of Some Weight

As Obesity Claims Increase, Experts Say the Issue Isn’t Nature or Nurture–It’s Bias

Jun 28, 2005 3:55 PM CDT

Man on the Go

Grey Uses Presidential Pulpit to Advocate for Measures Bolstering the Jury System

Apr 28, 2005 9:12 AM CDT

Prohibited Provisions

No-Further-Representation Clauses May Be Advantageous, But They’re Also Unethical

Apr 28, 2005 7:35 AM CDT

A Mighty Right

The Voting Rights Act Continues to Change Our Communities, Inspire the World

Mar 28, 2005 1:08 PM CST

Gideon’s Promise

Committee Report Examines State of Indigent Defense in Retrospect of Landmark Case

Mar 28, 2005 5:49 AM CST

The Changing Face of Gay Legal Issues

Lawyers Advising Clients Face Uncertainties on Issues Ranging From Parental Rights to Estate Planning

Jul 13, 2004 8:34 PM CDT

Avoiding Lawrence

Courts Considering Last Year’s Major Gay Rights Ruling Are Treading Carefully

Jun 1, 2004 9:34 PM CDT

The Court Comes Together

A New Chief Justice Led a Fractious Supreme Court to Unanimity in Overturning Segregation

Apr 1, 2004 9:37 PM CST

Making Brown Real

A North Carolina Family Fought Threats and Intimidation After Suing to Integrate Schools

Apr 1, 2004 9:25 PM CST

Are Schools Returning to the 1950s?

A Harvard Study Shows Mixed Results in Integration, With Many Public Schools Becoming More Polarized

Apr 1, 2004 9:22 PM CST

The Blessings of Brown

The Revolutionary 1954 Supreme Court Decision Still Resounds Today

Apr 1, 2004 5:22 PM CST

Brown at 50

A quarter century ago, while attending a 25th anniversary celebration of Brown v. Board of Edu­cation, Constance Baker Motley was met at an Ala­bama air­port by a college student who…

Apr 1, 2004 5:02 PM CST

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