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Professor Myron Orfield, director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, was quoted in Slate concerning the possibility that other poor…

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A new cover story in the American Prospect discusses a local school desegregation case that has national implication. Professor Myron Orfield, director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity (IMO…

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Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in a Star Tribune article entitled "Lawsuit Claims Minnesota Fails to Educate Poor, Minority Students in Minneapolis, St. Paul." Attorneys are asking for a metro-wide…

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Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in a Star Tribune article entitled "Black Minnesotans of All Backgrounds Up Against Disparities." Orfield discussed the role that growing racial segregation plays…

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Professor Myron Orfield's study of Detroit's inner suburbs (UCLA Law Review) was cited by New York Times columnist Thomas Edsall for a piece entitled "Whose Neighborhood Is It?"

—New York Times columnist Thomas Bryne Edsall discussed recent work on the benefits of racial integration and quoted Professor Myron Orfield's work that outlines the countervailing interests of the "poverty…
—Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in a Texas Observer article about the implications of Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, the recent case upholding disparate…
—Professor Myron Orfield's work on the Fair Housing Act and its local implications was discussed in a MinnPost article entitled "How Two Recent Decisions will Profoundly Impact Fair-Housing Policy."
—Professor Myron Orfield explained the implication of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project and the recent released…
—Professor Myron Orfield explained the meaning of the U.S. Supreme Court's Fair Housing decision and the new federal rules defining governmental duties under the Fair Housing Act in a Governing article…
—Professor Myron Orfield discussed the implication of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision and the new affirmatively furthering fair housing rule on "To the Point," a nationally syndicated news radio program.
—Professor Myron Orfield's work was discussed in terms of recent changes in Fair Housing law in an article, entitled "Taking the First Big Step Toward Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing," on Switchboard, the Natural…