In the controversy swirling around the moral and legal implications of same-sex marriage, activists and government officials across the political spectrum are raising their voices for and against gay ...

Few legal doctrines are more dangerous or despised than that of separate but equal rights — the philosophy that legitimized racial apartheid in the United States. It took the sacrifices of the civil ...

In 1896, the Supreme Court foisted “separate but equal” upon American law and society in Plessy v. Ferguson. This ruling allowed states to pretend that in transportation (or schools or hospitals), ...

In 1896, the Supreme Court issued one of the most shameful decisions in U.S. history, Plessy vs. Ferguson. Plessy upheld “separate but equal” public accommodations, barring recently freed black people ...

Iowa’s Republican-dominated House Education Committee approved a controversial anti-trans bill Tuesday that includes troubling language reminiscent of the racist “separate but equal” legal doctrine.

Last week, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority resurrected “separate but equal” in public accommodations. In 1896, the Supreme Court issued one of the most shameful decisions in US history, ...