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Court Eases Oversight of Arizona English Program

The Supreme Court on Thursday handed a partial victory to Arizona officials who are challenging federal court supervision of a program to educate students who aren’t proficient in English.

June 25, 2009

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Perspectives: The Brown Decision

Although Chris Brown’s domestic violence case has come to a close, domestic violence will continue to be a problem in all areas of our society, including academia. It occurs on our college and university campuses. It occurs in our neighborhoods, without our knowledge among colleagues, family members, and friends.

June 23, 2009

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High Court Ruling Leaves Voting Rights Act Intact

The Voting Rights Act, the government’s chief weapon against racial discrimination at polling places since the 1960s, survived a Supreme Court challenge Monday in a ruling that nevertheless warned of serious constitutional questions posed by part of the law.

June 22, 2009

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Association Seeks Ideas on Legal Profession Diversity

Roughly 200 attorneys representing law firms, law schools, bar associations, corporations, and other organizations met this past weekend near Washington, D.C., to develop ideas to facilitate greater diversity in the U.S. legal profession.

June 21, 2009

Students

25 Legal and Legislative Milestones

This timeline reflects some of the most significant legal and legislative milestones that have influenced higher education over the 25 years that Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, formerly Black Issues In Higher Education, has been in print.

June 10, 2009

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National Immigration Forum Launches New Immigration Reform Campaign

The National Immigration Forum, an immigration advocacy organization, along with a diverse coalition of labor union leaders, religious groups and civil rights organizations is challenging President Barack Obama to expeditiously pass immigration reform legislation with the launch of a new immigration reform campaign.

June 3, 2009

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Perspectives: Sotomayor Falls in Journalism’s Blind Spot

The president’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court has come during a most awkward time in the history of U.S. journalism, which many analysts claim is in serious decline, if not on life support.

June 2, 2009

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Texas Lawmakers Approve Changing Top 10 Percent Law

Texas lawmakers gave final approval Saturday to a bill scaling back the law allowing automatic college admissions for students in the top 10 percent of their graduating class.

June 1, 2009

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Hispanic Theologian Chosen for Vatican Ambassador

A Hispanic Roman Catholic theologian who was an adviser to Barack Obama’sBarack Obama’s -Search using: · News, Most Recent 60 Days presidential campaign will be nominated to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, the White House announced Wednesday.

May 28, 2009

Sports

Capital Gains For Richmond

Arthur Ashe Jr.’s hometown amasses a surprising athletic leadership profile.

May 27, 2009

Latinx

Sotomayor’s Nomination Reaffirms National Identity of U.S. Latinos, Scholars Say

The morning President Barack Obama introduced federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor as his Supreme Court nominee, Dr. Ruth E. Zambrana, a professor in the University of Maryland-College Park Women’s Studies department, received numerous phone calls from gleeful colleagues.

May 26, 2009

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Diversity on the Bench

If President Barack Obama wants to make the Supreme Court more diverse, he has a wider range of options than any of his predecessors.

May 21, 2009