Topic: interracial marriage

Actors George Takei, James Doohan, Grace Lee Whitney, Nichelle Nichols, Stephen Collins, DeForest Kelley, Majel Barrett, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Persis Khambatta, Walter Koenig pose for a portrait during the filming of the movie "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" which was released December 27, 1979 in the United States. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Behind that "Star Trek" interracial kiss

Matthew Delmont - The Conversation
Bride putting ring on grooms finger (Getty Images/Tom Merton)

MI candidate: Families should be white

Jon Skolnik
The author's daughter and her groom on their wedding day. (Ryan Merchant)

My daughter's interracial relationship

Fawzia Afzal-Khan
Mildred Loving on Jan. 26, 1965

SCOTUS vs. Jim Crow

Joe Dunman

the "bachelorette" fiasco

Matthew Sheffield
(Reuters/Nayef Hashlamoun)

Israel's book ban

Ben Norton
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-306199p1.html'>trekandshoot</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

The right's bad SCOTUS history

Paul Campos
Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Scott Walker (Jeff Malet, maletphoto.com/AP/Ed Reinke/Andy Manis/Photo montage by Salon)

GOP's unexpected '16 problem

Gabriel Arana