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Apr 30, 2024

Statement on the Arrests at Washington University

Few places are more important for the exercise of free and open expression than where young people gather and are educated.

Apr 26, 2024

Open Letter to College and University Presidents on Student Protests

Academic freedom and free speech are essential. Universities must protect them.

A faculty rally in favor of academic free speech is held in the main quad at Columbia University in New York.

Apr 17, 2024

Supreme Court Delivers Big Win for Workplace Equality in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis Ruling

The court issued a ruling in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis holding that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act bars employers from discriminating in decisions like lateral transfers, without requiring employees to...

Apr 16, 2024

St. Louis Board of Alders Passes Community Control Over Police Surveillance Bill

The City of St. Louis Board of Alders passed Board Bill 185 with a final passage vote of 13-2. Board Bill 185 promotes greater transparency, oversight, and community input in decisions about if and how the...

Apr 5, 2024

The Supreme Court Will Soon Determine Whether Cities Can Punish People for Sleeping in Public When They Have Nowhere Else to Go

Read our Q&A with Scout Katovich, staff attorney at the Trone Center for Justice and Equality, on the stakes of Grants Pass v. Johnson.

Mar 6, 2024

Supreme Court Signals that Institutions Can Keep Designing Programs to Foster Diversity, After Affirmative Action Ruling

The court has declined to hear new challenges to admissions policies, leaving the door open for institutions to continue creative solutions for expanding opportunity.