The Way to Stop Discriminating on the Basis of Race
Discrimination based on race is in the air—literally. The Washington Post reports that researchers have “found that minorities are on average exposed to 38 percent… Read More
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Supreme Court to Congress on Voting Rights Act: “History Did Not End in 1965”
In its Voting Rights Act decision today, the Supreme Court struck down an outdated provision that was no longer necessary—because thankfully, “Our country has changed,”… Read More
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Fisher v. University of Texas: Racial Preferences at the Supreme Court
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in the challenge to the University of Texas’s consideration of race in its undergraduate admissions program…. Read More
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U.N. Alliance of Civilizations: Not Doing Much to Promote Tolerance
At the fifth Global Forum of the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations (AoC) this week in Vienna, Austria, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated, “Just… Read More
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Inside the Supreme Court: Arguments on the Voting Rights Act
In the midst of a large rally and protest on the steps of the Supreme Court building this morning, the Justices sharply questioned both sides… Read More
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Government-Mandated Racial Discrimination in Guam Should End
In a disappointing miscarriage of justice that will take months to overturn, a federal judge recently dismissed a lawsuit against Guam over its clear racial… Read More
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VIDEO: The Bloggers Briefing with U.S. Civil Rights Commissioners
The U.S. Supreme Court will wade into the contentious debate over racial discrimination when it hears Fisher v. University of Texas this October. Two members… Read More
The Way to Stop Discrimination Is to Stop Discriminating
In what is most likely a positive development, the Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Fisher v. University of Texas, a lawsuit filed by Abigail… Read More
U.S. Civil Rights Commission: Racially Discriminatory Provisions in Obamacare
On December 10th,the United States Commission on Civil Rights voted 5-1 to send this letter (pdf) to President Barack Obama and the Senate leadership about… Read More
