civil rights

Ideological Foes Challenge Proposition 8

Testimony has concluded in the federal trial that will determine the fate of Proposition 8, but for gay-rights activists, the fight is far from over. It will be another few weeks before U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker issues his ruling, and many more before the inevitable appeal reaches the Supreme Court.

The struggle to overturn Proposition 8 is being led by an unlikely pair. The last time attorneys David Boies and Ted Olson faced off against each other was during Bush v. Gore, the landmark Supreme Court case that decided the Presidential Election of 2000.

2/9/2010 - 11:43 PM    1 comment
Affirmative action for dudes

The investigation, “FY 2010 Project on Sex Discrimination in Higher Education Admissions,” aims to determine if co-ed institutions are giving undue preference to male applicants in order to avoid having a gender imbalance on their campuses.

11/12/2009 - 2:26 AM    2 comments
The dream cannot be colorblind

After recently listening to the lecture of the great scholar, philosopher and Princeton professor, Dr. Cornel West, I do not believe it was King's dream for America to be a colorblind society.

4/13/2009 - 1:30 AM    7 comments
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