The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled against the principle of “Equal justice under law” (a phrase that also appears on the high court’s building) and allowed colleges and universities that receive tax dollars to continue factoring race into decisions to admit and reject individual applicants. By a 4-3 vote, the court in Fisher v. University of Texas last month held that UT’s race-based admissions practice did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Baton Rouge law enforcement officers Brad Garafola, Matthew Gerald, and Montrell Jackson loved to showcase their horse-powered toys.

On Facebook, Jackson proudly posted photos of his “garage queen”—a slick, coal-black Camaro—along with shots of his 4-month-old son, date-night kisses from his wife, and police artwork.

A Baltimore judge acquitted Lt. Brian Rice, the highest-ranking officer tied to the death of Freddie Gray, of all charges today.

This is the fourth time prosecutors have failed to secure a conviction against any of the six officers connected to the Gray case. Prosecutors accused Rice of involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment, and misconduct in office for failing to seatbelt Gray in a police van, where he fatally broke his neck. Today Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams threw out each charge, citing a lack of evidence.

Investigators in Baton Rouge, La., are interviewing people who knew the man who shot and killed three officers there Sunday morning, and they are asking others to come forward.

Today, state police Col. Mike Edmonson said shooter Gavin Long certainly targeted the six officers he shot. One of the three wounded officers remains in critical condition today.

“His movements, his direction, his attention was on police officers,” Edmonson said.

The July Fourth week of violence in America—the police shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., and Philando Castile in St. Paul, Minn., and the sniper-attack killing five police officers in Dallas—has elicited numerous debates about the root causes and what we as a country should do next.

Each week, The World and Everything in It features a “Culture Friday” segment, in which Executive Producer Nick Eicher discusses the latest cultural news with John Stonestreet, president of the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Here is a summary of this week’s conversation.

In the aftermath of the police shooting deaths of two African-American men and the subsequent attack on Dallas police officers, two conservative leaders gave inspiring messages of hope for racial reconciliation this week.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate’s only black Republican said today that ending racial discord starts with breaking bread together.

“I have experienced what’s possible when the family talks,” Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said Thursday. “I think this is incredibly important that while our problems appear in black and white, our solutions are black and white.”