Affirmative Action stories:
NYT: Sotomayor’s focus on race may be hurdle
May 30th, 2009 - MSNBC
WASHINGTON - The selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court has opened a new battle in the fight over affirmative action and other race-conscious remedies for patterns of inequality...
John Ridley: Note to Newt: How "New Racism" Isn't Like "Old Racism"
May 29th, 2009 - The Huffington Post
Old white guys can be a funny bunch, can't they? The same anti-same-sex marriage, anti-affirmative action cadre can flower into the biggest supporters of "equality" the minute they get a whiff of minority empowerment. To that end...
Powell, Limbaugh step up the rhetoric on the future of the GOP
May 21st, 2009 - Boston
Former secretary of state Colin Powell and talk show host Rush Limbaugh escalated their war of words yesterday over the future of the Republican Party. Before about 1,500 business leaders in Boston Tuesday night...
Gay rights clearly civil rights, not to be denied
May 9th, 2009 - kansascity
Believe it or not, I often can see the other side of an argument. I know that tough gun control laws save lives and make our communities safer, for example, but I also see clarity in the Second Amendment...
The Real Roots of Sri Lanka's Crisis
May 5th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
(From today's Wall Street Journal Asia.) Regarding "The Economic Key to Sri Lankan Peace" (op-ed, May 4): The British who ruled Sri Lanka for nearly 150 years applied...



