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Duke Lacrosse Players Sue Over Distress From Discredited Rape Case

Thirty-eight members of the 2006 Duke University lacrosse team filed a lawsuit Thursday against the university, President Richard Brodhead, the city of Durham, N.C., and a nurse at Duke University Hospital for emotional distress and other damages resulting from a now-discredited rape case.

February 21, 2008

African-American

Getting to Know Dr. David Ikard

Dr. David Ikard’s recent book, Breaking the Silence:Toward a Black Male Feminist Criticism (LSU Press), has not only generated buzz within academia but has made its way onto the pop culture scene because of its insightful analysis of the writings of such literary giants as Toni Morrison, Walter Mosley and Toni Cade Bambara. But it […]

February 19, 2008

African-American

A Conversation With Dr. Yvonne S. Thornton

Diverse correspondent Lois Elfman talks with best-selling author, gynecologist and educator Dr. Yvonne S. Thornton about the enduring impact of the soon-to-be re-released book, “The Ditchdigger’s Daughters,” higher education and being a Black female physician.

January 14, 2008

Disabilties

Perspectives: Cosby Offers More Needed Tough Love In New Book

Many of Bill Cosby’s critics forget he was not born with a silver spoon. Bill Cosby, like many of us, has fallen a time or two but he always managed to get back up. This, I think, is what Bill Cosby in his new book, Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors, is imploring us to do; that is, to get back in the race called life.

December 4, 2007

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Columbia Law School’s Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic Sets a Precedent

So far this year, Columbia University Law School’s Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic has secured political asylum in the U.S. for a gay Jamaican man and for a lesbian from Turkmenistan, who feared persecution for her sexual orientation and political opinions in that mostly Muslim country. These are just two of the cases being handled by the fledgling clinic embarking on an emerging field — sexuality and gender law.

November 24, 2007

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Nebraska Vote Sought on Affirmative-action Ban

LINCOLN Neb. A battle over affirmative action will be fought in Nebraska heading into the 2008 presidential election, part of a California group’s multistate plan to bar race and gender as a factor in hiring and admissions decisions.

November 14, 2007

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Va. Memorial to Honor 2 Md. Slaves Who Inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin

ALEXANDRIA Va. In a city well known for famous slaveholders George Washington and Robert E. Lee, an office building planned on the site of a notorious slave pen will provide its first monument to slaves.

November 12, 2007

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Report: US Slips in Gender Equality Survey; Muslim Countries at Bottom

NEW YORK The United States slipped in this year’s scorecard measuring equality between women and men while Nordic countries remained at the top of the list and Muslim countries at the bottom.

November 8, 2007

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Gender Balance in Science Settings May Explain Female Performance

With the ratio of men to women in math, science and engineering (MSE) settings typically being three to one, such imbalance may contribute to a decrease in women’s performance expectations, as well as actual performance, according to a new study by Stanford University psychologists.

October 31, 2007

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Women Filling Some University Classes at Higher Rate

FORT WAYNE, Ind. As a single man, Alex O’Shaughnessey doesn’t mind being outnumbered by women. At least not at school, he says.

October 14, 2007

Students

New Guide to Find Most Gay-friendly Campuses

Colleges and universities are increasingly finding ways to provide safe and welcoming environments to students of all sexual orientations.

October 9, 2007

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Defeating Stereotypes of Muslim Women

Memoirs increasingly providing diverse perspectives, representations of Muslim women.

October 2, 2007