Month: June 2007

Promoted by Steven D. Weekly Voting Rights News Roundup This an entry in a series of blogs to keep people informed on current election reform and voting rights issues in the news. Featured Stories of the Week: Attorney under...

One advantage to running for office (at least if yo belong to one of the two major parties) is that you get a  forum for your ideas. I was watching the dem debate on PBS Black Community at Howard University listening to...

I am the only LIVING member of my family who has decided that the Republican party is completely insane.  Sure, there were Grandma and Grandpa….but they were just members of the greatest generation – what did...

You gotta love this seventh grader: Putting its recent ruling on student speech into practice, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected a school district’s appeal of a ruling that it violated a student’s rights by...

Much of the news reporting on the Supreme Court’s school integration cases has gotten it wrong, describing the outcome as a 5-to-4 opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts against voluntary school integration.  In fact,...