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Sunday, June 26, 2016

Volkswagen Faces Long Road Ahead, Even After a Civil Settlement

A broad settlement that is expected to dwarf all previous deals is taking shape, but the Justice Department is still investigating criminal charges.

Saturday, June 25, 2016

What to Do About Guns? John Lewis Revives Civil Rights Tactic

The Georgia representative and other House Democrats borrowed from an old playbook when they staged a sit-in to try to force a vote on gun legislation.

Thursday, June 23, 2016

A Civil Rights Legacy

The brother of Andrew Goodman, one of the slain activists in Mississippi in 1964, asks us to “fulfill the dream of a just democratic process for all.”

Monday, June 20, 2016

Sotomayor in fiery dissent: Illegal stops "corrode all our civil liberties"

Sotomayor in fiery dissent: Illegal stops ‘corrode all our civil liberties’

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday issued a vehement dissent in a Fourth Amendment case — writing that the majority’s opinion sanctions police stops that “corrode all our civil liberties and threaten all our lives.”

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Rebuilding Lives, and Homes, Shattered by Sri Lanka’s Civil War

Survivors of Sri Lanka’s 26-year conflict have slowly returned to the Kilinochchi area, after months or even years in government rehabilitation camps.