civil rights

Target's efforts to make nice with the gay community fizzled after it rejected proposals to donate money to gay-rights groups to offset an earlier donation helping the election of a conservative, anti-gay Minnesota gubernatorial candidate.

U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton threw a monkey wrench into the deeply contentious debate over illegal immigration by declaring parts of Arizona's controversial immigration law to be unconstitutional. Backers of the bill, including Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, vow to keep fighting.

Emily and Sarah Kunstler found a way to save tens of thousands of dollars on their documentary: They picked their father as the subject. But before you focus your camera on Dad to create a major work in honor of Father's Day, note that Emily and Sarah had a really compelling subject: the late civil...