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The Olson/Boies Same-Sex Marriage Lawsuit: Too Much, Too Soon?

Carlos A. Ball | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vaughn Walker, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Ted Olson, David Boies, Aclu, Thurgood Marshall, Same-Sex Marriage, Lambda, Politics News
Carlos A. Ball

The question no longer is whether the lawsuit should be brought, but whether it will succeed.

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Good Hair? Bad Hair? Great Style!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 09.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Michael Jackson, Supreme Court, Latinos, Malia and Sasha Obama, Michelle Obama, Good Hair, Naomi Sims, President Obama, Childern, Latina, W. C. Handy, Life Magazine, Aleila-Walker, Madame C. J. Walker, Chris Rock, Michelle Obama's Mother, Doll Test, Thurgood Marshall, African Americans, Style News
Michael Henry Adams

The varied and imaginative ways African Americans dress their hair represents a high-point of human creativity that's dependency, the very quintessence of style.

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Culture War Flares Up Over American History Curriculum In Texas Classrooms

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Culture Wars, Education, Bible, Creationism, American History, CéSar CháVez, Curriculum u.s. History, Christianity, Texas Board of Education, Evolution, Constitution, Thurgood Marshall, Church State Separation, Politics News

The fight over school curriculum in Texas, recently focused on biology, has entered a new arena, with a brewing debate over how much faith belongs in ...

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Minority Judges Influence Decisions Just By Presence

New York Times | ADAM LIPTAK | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women Supreme Court, Minorities on Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, Minority Judges, Women on Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, Minority Supreme Court Justices, Sotomayor Supreme Court, Politics News

Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first black member of the Supreme Court, ended his 24 years there bitter and frustrated. He had been unable, he said, t...

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That's All You Got? The Attacks on Sotomayor Come Across as Desperate

Daniel Cubias | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Latinos, Gop, Alberto Gonzalez, Rush Limbaugh, Antonin Scalia, Ivy League, Hispanics, John Roberts, The Bronx, Latina, Clarence Thomas, Barack Obama, Confirmation Hearings, Racist Comments, Latino Voters, George Will, Perry Mason, Sonia Sotomayor, Hispanic Voters, Supreme Court Nominee, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Diabetes, Newt Gingrich, Thurgood Marshall, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

In the spirit of bipartisanship, I offer the following: Drop the lame attacks on Sonia Sotomayor, because they're not going to work.

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A Latino for the Supreme Court? It's Time

Dr. Gabriela D. Lemus and Hector E. Sanchez | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Thurgood Marshall, Latino Supreme Court, Judicial Nominations, David Souter Replacement, Politics News
Dr. Gabriela D. Lemus and Hector E. Sanchez

A diverse judiciary would increase respect for the law by reducing the visible bias against minorities and by providing role models for minority groups.

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On Civil Rights, Obama Must Lead, Not Tinker

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Thurgood Marshall, Gay Marriage, Inauguration, Rick Warren, Barack Obama Rick Warren, Rick Warren Gay Marriage, Rick Warren Obama, Rick Warren Obama Inaugural, Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Warren Obama Invocation, Rick Warren Pro-Life, Rick Warren Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren Invocation, Politics News
Jeffrey Feldman

Putting Rick Warren on the inauguration dais is tantamount to leaving civil rights leadership to someone else. This is a troubling sign for a president elected to be a new kind of leader.

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Yes We Did!

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Martin Luther King, 2008 Presidential Race, George W. Bush, Apartheid, Thurgood Marshall, African Americans, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Paul Robeson, Obama Victory, Obama Wins, President Barack Obama, Barack Obama Victory, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Forget about the Bradley effect, Republican voter suppression tactics and October surprises. Obama won a clear and resounding victory last night.

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Race, Gender and the Media in the 2008 Elections

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, John McCain, Asian-American Voters, Latino Voters, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Sexism, 2008 Election and Race, Racism, Joe Biden, Saraha Palin, Thurgood Marshall, Clarence Thomas, 2008 Election and Gender, Barack Obama, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

Like everyone else in America, I was waiting to see how the match up between Palin and Biden would transpire. Beyond the giddy atmosphere that was bu...

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John McCain's Choice of Sarah Palin Telegraphs His Misogyny

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Thurgood Marshall, McCain's VP Choice, Clarence Thomas, George Herbert Walker Bush, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

I've always believed that George Herbert Walker Bush's appointment of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court was an example of white supremacy. Here's ...

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