Ferguson Drops Charges Against Man Cited in Justice Dept. Report

After five years, the city reversed course in its case against Fred Watson, a black man charged while sitting in his parked car. Here’s why it matters.

Edith Windsor, Whose Same-Sex Marriage Fight Led to Landmark Ruling, Dies at 88

By ROBERT D. McFADDEN September 12, 2017 Edith Windsor, the gay-rights activist whose landmark Supreme Court case struck down the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013 and granted same-sex married couples federal recognition for the first time and rights to...