US rejects school action on race
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The US Supreme Court rules that the race of a child cannot be used to determine the school he or she goes to.
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Britain is 'sleepwalking' towards US-style segregation of schools, figures show.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected integration plans in two major public school districts but left the door open for the limited use of race to achieve diversity
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The US Supreme Court today refused to accept a challenge to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that allowed same-sex marriages to begin in that state last year.
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University of California regents yesterday resoundingly rejected a proposal that sought to add a &quot;multiracial&quot; category to UC&#39;s admissions application.
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The nation's schools, which have become increasingly segregated in recent decades, are likely to become even more racially divided as a result of this week's Supreme Court decision curtailing the use of race in school integration plans, attorneys and educational experts said yesterday.
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The US House of Representatives, voting less than five weeks before the presidential election, rejected a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage backed by President George W. Bush.
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The Kansas State Historical Society said Thursday it won't allow city officials to demolish the former all-white school that was at the center of the Brown v. Board of Education case.
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A state appeals court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by a boy who wanted to compete on his high school's girls' gymnastics team.
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The U.S. government rejected a request Monday from Muslim groups to draw up a list of Islamic charities to which they could donate without being suspected of terrorist ties.
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Sudan rejects US Secretary of State Colin Powell's statement that genocide has been taking place in the Darfur region.
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The US textile industry officials would plead for blocking Chinese imports to the Bush administration this month. Earlier this year, the White House had rejected a similar request made by 130 Republican and Democratic members of Congress.
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Legislation that would have offered a path to citizenship for illegal-immigrant high school graduates who entered the United States as children failed a key test vote in the Senate yesterday.
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A major climate change report prompts calls for urgent action, but the US rejects controls on emissions.
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Jamaica yesterday repeated its rejection of claims by America&#39;s Human Rights Watch that government policy helped to reinforce discrimination against people with
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The University of California Board of Regents opted against Regent Ward Connerly&#39;s proposal to adopt a multi-racial check box option on admissions applications at its Wednesday meeting at UCLA.
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The US House defeated a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage on Thursday afternoon following a heated debate over gay rights and the institution of marriage.