Religious Liberals Sat Out of Politics for 40 Years. Now They Want in the Game.

Religious Liberals Sat Out of Politics for 40 Years. Now They Want in the Game. By LAURIE GOODSTEIN June 10, 2017 The Rev. William J. Barber II, organizer of the “Moral Mondays” protests in North Carolina, in April at Riverside Church in...

N.A.A.C.P. Is Expected to Vote to Dismiss Its President

Officials at the civil rights organization said the expected dismissal of Cornell William Brooks after only three years was part of a “systemwide refresh” of the civil rights group.

‘They Treated Us Like Criminals’: U.S. Border Crossers Report Severe Reception

By VIVIAN YEE May 1, 2017 A children’s book author from Australia said she “loathed America” after her interrogation at Los Angeles International Airport. A retired police chief from North Carolina wrote that his customs screening made him...

John T. Curtin, Judge Who Desegregated Buffalo Schools, Dies at 95

By RICHARD SANDOMIR April 20, 2017 John T. Curtin, a federal judge whose rulings forced Buffalo to desegregate its schools and the Occidental Chemical Corporation to clean the chemical wastes at the toxic Love Canal landfill, died on April 14 in Orchard...

‘It Did Not Stick’: The First Federal Effort to Curb Police Abuse

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG April 9, 2017 PITTSBURGH — Federal intervention to curb police abuse did not begin after chants of “I can’t breathe,” viral cellphone videos or the Black Lives Matter movement. It began 21 years ago here in...

‘It Did Not Stick’: The First Federal Effort to Curb Police Abuse

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG April 9, 2017 PITTSBURGH — Federal intervention to curb police abuse did not begin after chants of “I can’t breathe,” viral cellphone videos or the Black Lives Matter movement. It began 21 years ago here in...