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Ex-professor in NYC School Noose Case Sues for $200M

A professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College who was fired over plagiarism allegations is suing the graduate school for $200 million.

April 22, 2009

Discrimination Claim Appears to Divide High Court

A divided Supreme Court took up its first examination of race in the Obama era Wednesday, wrestling with claims of job discrimination by White firefighters in a case that could force changes in employment practices nationwide.

April 22, 2009

Asian American Pacific Islander

Opinion: Exam Winners and Losers

Issues of Race, Testing and Selectivity Before the Supreme Court

April 22, 2009

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Promotes a More Inclusive Environmental Movement

Lisa Jackson, the first African-American to serve as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is committed to diversifying the landscape of environmental advocacy, which is often defined by the contributions of White Americans.

April 21, 2009

College Board Report: 350,000 Undocumented Students Would Benefit From DREAM Act

The nonprofit College Board announced Tuesday its support of the DREAM Act, while unveiling a report that said the plan to legalize undocumented college students could benefit 350,000 students today.

April 21, 2009

Prague University Bans Lecture By David Duke

Prague’s Charles University says it has banned a lecture by former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke.

April 21, 2009

Civil Rights Pioneer: Education and Service Key to Ending Discrimination, Injustice

The arc of Cleveland Sellers Jr.’s life has taken him from rural South Carolina to the Ivy League, where he earned a master’s at Harvard University, through the civil rights movement into the first-ever campus shooting in the United States, to exile in Greensboro, N.C., and academia in Columbia then back home to the place where it all started — Denmark, S.C.

April 20, 2009

Pulitzer Prize Honors Works on Race and Gender

Stories of race and gender prevailed at this year’s Pulitzer Prizes, with “Ruined,” Lynn Nottage’s harrowing tale of survival set against the backdrop of an African civil war, winning for drama Monday.

April 20, 2009

Obama Decision to Boycott World Racism Conference is Regrettable

Change has come to America. Doubters of this undeniable truth need only look to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for confirmation. Or to the international stage, where President Barack Obama — along with first lady Michelle Obama — has taken the world by storm. Let’s face it. It was nothing short of amazing to witness the Obamas […]

April 19, 2009

Court of the Conqueror Writes Another Legal Fiction

On March 31, 2009, the Supreme Court of the United States (S.C.O.T.U.S.) issued its ruling in the case of State of Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, et al. The state of Hawai‘i asked the high court whether or not the state has the authority to sell, exchange, or transfer 1.2 million acres of land […]

April 19, 2009

English-Language Learner Case Framed as Civil Rights Enforcement Issue Before Supreme Court

At a time when children with limited English skills are among the fastest-growing groups in public schools, the U.S. Supreme Court today will hear a case that could greatly impact the way states educate English-language learners.

April 19, 2009

Asian American Lawmakers in California Charge UC Admission Change Harmful to Asians

As it prepares to turn answer to a California legislative panel, the University of California is defending changes in its new admissions policy that the school says will broaden the eligibility pool for applicants.

April 19, 2009

SAT-optional Will Trend Take Off or Sputter?

If you’re one of those students afraid standardized test scores don’t paint the full picture of your potential, your options are growing.

April 19, 2009

Scholars Debate the Efficacy of Race Versus Class-based Affirmative Action in College Admissions

Substituting class for race-conscious affirmative action may be more politically palatable, but it does little to improve racial diversity on college campuses, said affirmative action proponents at a debate Thursday evening.

April 16, 2009

University of Texas Students Rally Against Campus Gun Bills

On the second anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting rampage, about 300 University of Texas students marched to the state Capitol to protest bills that would allow concealed firearms on Texas college campuses.

April 16, 2009

First Ladies of Law

Diverse checks in with some of the nation’s women law school deans, including the only five who are Black.

April 15, 2009

The Changing Legal Landscape

“The past is a foreign countr y; they do things differ ently here.” — L.P. Hartley, English author In the past 50 years, law firms have evolved from partnerships that foster collegiality and camaraderie to megafirms that are governed by considerations of profitability.

April 15, 2009

In Memoriam: Dr. John Hope Franklin (1915-2009)

Warm, generous, compassionate, a giant among American historians,” is how one University of Chicago colleague of Dr. John Hope Franklin remembers him.

April 15, 2009