Critical race theory has been around since the 1980s, yet few law schools provide courses on this crucial body of scholarship. While “Critical Race Theory” is a course taught at Berkeley Law, it is not offered every year. For example, I have never...

On January 25, 2013, the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights issued new guidance for primary, secondary, and university educators on providing inclusionary athletic opportunities for disabled students. This new guidance was...

On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court heard legal arguments on Bowman v. Monsanto in what is sure to become a landmark patent and intellectual property case in the United States. The case involves the giant seed agrichemical company Monsanto vs. a...

In late March, the Supreme Court will have an opportunity to weigh in on the question of gay marriage under the federal Constitution in two separate cases. First, the Court will hear oral argument on the issue of whether the equal protection clause...

With respect to civil rights, this term at the Supreme Court has the pall of a funeral. Advocates and supporters of civil rights are grimly preparing for what is likely to be a series of (hopefully) narrow losses from Affirmative Action to Voting...

March 4, 2015 By Stephen Menendian As I wrote over a year ago, the “tragedy of Trayvon Martin perfectly captures this nation's deepest race problems, and yet almost no one is talking about what those problems really are.” The trial itself, the media...

This research report assesses the extent of gentrification in Richmond by analyzing changes in the demographics and housing market between the years 2000 and 2013.

On Tuesday, February 17, Executive Director john a. powell led a webinar for Human Impact Partner's Public Health and Equity Cohort, a group of twelve emerging leaders from public health agencies around the country who are coming together to build...

January 27, 2015 By Amani Allen Eric Garner’s death and the failure to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo have had a profound effect on communities throughout the United States. But it’s not just Eric Garner. This, and similar cases including...

The core value of the legal profession is justice, but, the realities of the legal profession are often driven by money. The profession’s heavy focus on ensuring that money and money-making resources are transferred from one group to the next serves...