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Socially and economically disadvantaged children perform, on average, at lower levels of achievement than advantaged children. Disadvantaged children’s obstacles to achievement are exacerbated when these children are concentrated in racially and...

The Supreme Court is currently reviewing a lawsuit by the agri-business giant Monsanto against an Indiana farmer. In Bowman v. Monsanto , 75-year old Vernon Hugh Bowman has petitioned the Supreme Court to review Monsanto’s lawsuit against him for...

Let’s be truthful. For many, it is easier to remove clothing that represents a hatred for young Black males than it is remove beliefs that are rooted in young black males being perceived as “less”—less human, less American, and less deserving of...

The October, 2012 term of the United States Supreme Court promises to be one of the most momentous in American History. Last fall, Court heard argument on the constitutionality of Affirmative Action in higher education in Fisher v. Texas . This month...

When President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he told an aide that Democrats had “lost the South for a generation,” anticipating a white backlash in the South. Since the end of Reconstruction, the South had been dominated by the...

Although we acknowledge the deep support President Obama received from many groups and from the American people generally, African-Americans were a critical constituency both nationally and in battleground states such as Ohio, where African-American...

On election night, Bill O’Reilly attributed the re-election of Barack Obama , at least in part, to voters who “want stuff,” and that his supporters are “people [who] feel that they are entitled to things.” The day after the election, Rush Limbaugh...

On Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against Morgan Stanley in what may become the most important civil rights case in a generation. If successful, the implications of this suit are profound and the impact could be staggering...

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in the case of Fisher v. Texas , which deals with the undergraduate admissions policy at the University of Texas. The policy, which some call “the Texas affirmative action plan,” is designed to promote...

October 9, 2012 By Stephen Menendian Fisher v. Texas is perhaps the most consequential case on the Supreme Court’s docket this year, and will determine whether the University of Texas’ efforts to promote diversity and increase educational opportunity...