Discrimination in Fair Housing?

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently adopted a new definition of housing discrimination. In addition to prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, national origin, etc. the HUD’s duty is to “affirmatively further fair housing goals.” That means the question of fair housing is no longer one of actual discrimination, but rather one of disparate impact.

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Putting Putin in his Place

Last week, Russia thrust itself onto the stage of a complex international conflict when its forces began conducting airstrikes in the middle of ISIS-controlled territory.  Dmitry Suslov, Deputy Director for Research at the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, discussed the development in a lecture on Thursday sponsored by the Dean of Faculty, the Levitt Center, and the Government Department.

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