Is White Flight Legal?

That’s what some south Suburban Chicago School districts are trying to find out. The plaintiffs include two majority black school districts and the defendants are 13 majority white districts formed after the latter succeeded from a racially diverse district. The plaintiffs are alleging that the departing school districts violated federal civil rights laws [...]

HIV Law: Revealing Possible Exposure to HIV to Current Sexual Partners

The California Supreme Court heard a case regarding a person’s legal responsibility to disclose possible past contact with a person infected with HIV. “A lawsuit by a woman with AIDS against her ex-husband confronted the California Supreme Court on Tuesday with the task of defining the line between one partner’s sexual privacy and the other’s [...]

Cosby to Katrina Victimes: "Cleanse Yourself"

Cosby urged residents of hurricane-ravaged New Orleans, Louisiana, to “cleanse” themselves from the city’s history of crime, violence, drugs and teen pregnancies.

“It’s painful, but we can’t cleanse ourselves unless we look at the wound,” Cosby told the rally of about 2,000 people at the city’s convention center, where thousands of [...]