A new bill in Congress would end ‘legacy’ college preferences. Here’s why that matters. Jasmine Harris - February 14, 2022 ‘Legacy’ admissions were introduced to keep elite schools White. My research finds that that’s hurting Black and Brown students today.
Olympic officials resisted pressure to ban Iran from the Tokyo Games Andrew Bertoli, Thandiwe Keet, and Aleksandra Smajevic - July 27, 2021 In these 9 cases, sporting authorities tried to ban a country from international competition.
Biden says bring back the ‘talking filibuster.’ Would that really let Senate Democrats pass bills? Sarah Binder - March 17, 2021 The details are devilish
Will there be a ‘rainbow wave’? 4 things to know about LGBTQ candidates running for office this year. Charles Gossett and Andrew Reynolds - October 22, 2018 [caption id="attachment_79173" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The first openly gay U.S. senator,
Trump might push to confirm his Supreme Court nominee quickly. That would cost him. Richard Vining - February 3, 2017 [caption id="attachment_53536" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Supreme Court justice nominee Neil Gorsuch,
Summers’ Fall - September 16, 2013 Larry Summers to President Obama (2013): Thomas Jones to President
Could There (Finally) Be a Backlash Against Domestic Surveillance? John Sides - June 6, 2013 There has been a lot of conversation about Glenn Greenwald's
Filibuster Reform John Sides - January 13, 2011 Steve Smith sends along these thoughts (pdf) on the Harkin-Klobuchar-Merkley-Udall