The saga of Wal-Mart v. Dukes, the largest class-action discrimination lawsuit in history, came to a close todaywhen the Supreme […]
For the very first time, the Human Rights Council at the United Nations approved a resolution that condemns discrimination on
In a Guest Commentary piece in the Detroit Free Press, former Supreme Court Justice O’Connor argued against processes in which
Wesleyan University’s Prisoner Education Program provides educational opportunities to violent offenders in a maximum-security facility. Alexis Sturdy—the program’s fellow—discusses some of the challenges that the program has encountered, as well some of the program’s achievements and aspirations.
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division came under fire during the Bush Administration for stacking attorney positions with conservative lawyers
The Supreme Court ordered California to reduce overcrowding in its prisons in an opinion handed down this week. Full capacity,
The day before President Obama signed a 4-year extension of three key Patriot Act provisions (New York Times), several Democratic
The Supreme Court has upheld an Arizona law that punishes businesses for hiring undocumented immigrants. The 2007 law, called the
Over at Towleroad, Ezra Waldman discusses the recent (disappointing) cloture vote in the Senate on the (still) pending nomination of
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced this week that he would back any Republican senator who agreed to support
On Monday, the New York Times published a story on Rick Welts, currently the president of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns,
