Abigail Thernstrom will discuss the 1965 Voting Rights Act and her book, "Voting Rights--and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections."

Bullock and Gaddie's study on voting rights progress in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The Supreme Court has just agreed to take on the case of Fisher v. University of Texas. Abigail Fisher, a white woman, argues that she has been a victim of the university's race-conscious admission policies; the university contends that its drive for racial and ethnic diversity is educationally enriching -- a benefit to all students.

When it comes to practicing medicine, stereotyping often works.

A now-irrelevant provision of the Voting Rights Act may soon be no more.

New Orleans has elected its first white mayor since 1970 in a city where politics has long been racially divided.

It's racially discriminatory to prohibit racial discrimination. That's the bottom line of a decision issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.