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Faculty News

Professor Myron Orfield's Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity report on segregation in the Twin Cities was discussed in a Star Tribune editorial entitled "The Unintended Consequences of Affordable Housing…
Professor Myron Orfield's new Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity report on housing segregation in the Twin Cities was discussed in a MinnPost article entitled "Why Are the Twin Cities so Segregated? A New Report…
Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in an Atlantic article entitled "The Miracle of Minneapolis." He describes the importance of the fiscal disparities or tax base sharing law and argues that it has kept…
Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in a Huffington Post article, entitled "States Fear The Supreme Court Will Eliminate This Key Anti-Discrimination Tool," about the history and importance of the disparate impact…
Professor Myron Orfield discussed the origin and importance of the disparate impact cause of action under the Fair Housing Act in a ProPublica article entitled "Supreme Court's Latest Race Case: Housing…
Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in the Washington Post on the Texas v. Inclusive Communities case and the importance of a disparate impact cause of action under the Fair Housing Act.
Professor Myron Orfield was a symposium participant on SCOTUSblog in relation to the Texas v. Inclusive Communities case, which will be argued before the United States Supreme Court on Jan. 21. He argued…
Professor Myron Orfield was interviewed for an MPR News article entitled "As Cities Spar Over Housing Spots, Working Poor Just Want a Home." Orfield discussed the Met Council housing plan, which gives higher goals…
Professor Myron Orfield was interviewed for a MinnPost article entitled "Minneapolis' Fast-Changing Suburbs Deal with Unique Challenges." Orfield discussed the rapid social and economic changes in Ferguson, Mo.,…
Professor Myron Orfield was a guest on MPR's "The Daily Circuit" to discuss gentrification and the Fair Housing Act. Gentrification, a controversial term, describes what happens when wealthier new -- often white…
Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in a USA Today article entitled "Diversity in the Classroom." Orfield discussed the growing racial diversity of U.S. suburbs and the legal difficulties of drawing…
Professor Myron Orfield's work on the exclusionary rule was cited in a New Yorker article entitled "Crime Fiction: Did the Chicago Police Coerce Witnesses into Pinpointing the Wrong Man for Murder?"