Is Affirmative Action Dead?

Is Affirmative Action Dead?

By Nathalie Beauchamps Among the panoply of decisions that the Supreme Court has overturned or narrowed over the past few years, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard stands out. In the immediate aftermath of the decision, the burning question for those interested...
How Defamation Is Used to Silence Survivors

How Defamation Is Used to Silence Survivors

By Ali Medina In 2022, the internet was transfixed by Depp v. Heard, a defamation trial of actress Amber Heard by her ex-husband, actor Johnny Depp. Prior to the trial itself, Heard had written an op-ed in 2018 discussing the backlash she’d received for speaking out...
In Review: The Broken Constitution

In Review: The Broken Constitution

By Mac Taylor Of all the questions Noah Feldman’s 2021 book, The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America, brings to the fore, the largest greets the reader in the epigraph. Feldman, Harvard Law professor and constitutional scholar, begins...

Vol. 58, No. 2, Summer 2023

Table of Contents Symposium—Critical Race Theory, Education, and Civil Liberties (E)Racing Speech in School by Francesca Procaccini The Anti-“Critical Race Theory” Campaign—Classroom Censorship and Racial Backlash by Another Name by Leah M. Watson Anti-“CRT,” A...