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—Professor Myron Orfield discussed the implication of the recent U.S. Supreme Court disparate impact decision and the new affirmatively furthering fair housing rules in a ThinkProgress blog entitled "White Racism,…
—The New York Times Editorial Board cited Professor Myron Orfield's recent Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity study about the cost of affordable housing and its effect in concentrating poverty and…
—Professor Myron Orfield discussed with the media the decision issued by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, which…
—Professor Myron Orfield's recent article in the UCLA Law Review comparing residential and educational segregation in Louisville, Kentucky, to Detroit, Michigan, was discussed in an Atlantic article…
—Professor Myron Orfield was interviewed by Judy Woodruff on PBS NewsHour for a piece entitled "The American Dream is Alive in the Twin Cities, But Not for Everyone." Orfield spoke about the fiscal disparities system…
—Professor Myron Orfield was quoted about segregation in the St. Paul school system in a Pioneer Press article entitled "Are St. Paul Schools More Segregated Under Plan? Not So Far."
—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 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 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 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…