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Gay Rights Groups Find Unlikely Ally in Georgia Fight
ATLANTA — Former Attorney General Michael J. Bowers of Georgia has already earned an enduring — his critics would say notorious — place in gay rights history.
As the state’s chief lawyer in the 1980s, he
Ferguson Police Routinely Violate Rights of Blacks, Justice Dept. Finds
WASHINGTON — Ferguson, Mo., is a third white, but the crime statistics compiled in the city over the past two years seemed to suggest that only black people were breaking the law. They accounted for
Alabama Court Orders a Halt to Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
The Alabama Supreme Court on Tuesday night ordered probate judges around the state to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, ruling in direct opposition to a federal judge that the state’s ban on same
Jews Need Not Apply?
A University of California at Los Angeles student was nearly denied a position on the student government’s judicial board last month after student representatives questioned whether her ties to the Jewish community were a conflict