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Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm
July 13, 2023
In episode 188 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts Susan Crawford. Susan is a law professor at Harvard Law School, focusing on adaptation and public…
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The Harvard University law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has been following the Students for Fair Admissions’ (SFFA) legal challenges to affirmative action closely — more…
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Idaho AG sued over state’s teen abortion travel ban
July 13, 2023
Advocates who counsel and aid Idaho teenagers seeking abortion care filed suit Tuesday against Republican Attorney General Raúl Labrador in a bid to overturn the…
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Democrats in Congress are making a fresh push for the nearly century-old Equal Rights Amendment to be enshrined in the Constitution, rallying around a creative…
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This Is One Republican Strategy That Isn’t Paying Off
July 12, 2023
In 2011, determined to push back the ascendant Democratic coalition that elected America’s first Black president, Republicans capitalized on their control of legislatures and governor’s…
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What’s the Future of Gay Rights? More Lawsuits
July 11, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court’s decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis, in which the court created a free-speech based exemption from the…
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A technophobe’s guide to AI chatbots
July 11, 2023
The late science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke once wrote that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Now, when it comes to the…
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For social media start-ups, attracting an audience is crucial to scaling a new product — but it can be near impossible to lure loyal users…
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When Mark Zuckerberg shared a photo on Instagram of his family on July 4, two things stuck out: the billionaire CEO wore a striped souvenir…
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The United States is going to provide Ukraine with cluster bombs, a controversial decision because of the threat these indiscriminate weapons can be to civilian…
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The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling Could Hamper Biden’s Environmental Justice Agenda
July 10, 2023
A landmark decision by the Supreme Court to end the use of race-based affirmative action in college admissions could impede federal efforts to reduce the…
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Impact of the New Supreme Court
July 10, 2023
A conversation between Laurence Tribe and former Judge J. Michael Luttig about the recent decisions of the Supreme Court.
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Governor Ron DeSantis’ campaign is leaning into his “terminally online” anti-LGBTQ+ crusade with a new video featuring alt-right imagery, a law expert told Insider. On…
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Restricting the Government from Speaking to Tech Companies Will Spread Disinformation and Harm Democracy
July 10, 2023
An op-ed co-written by Laurence Tribe: On July 4, federal Judge Terry A. Doughty in the Western District of Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction in…
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From massive floods, to sweeping hurricanes, to raging wildfires, climate disasters seem constant. Last November, the United Nation’s climate conference, COP 27, grabbed global headlines…
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If We Are What We Eat, We Don’t Know Who We Are
July 7, 2023
An article written by Jacob E. Gersen: Today, Sylvester Graham is best known for the cracker that bears his name. But in his heyday, Graham…
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Is SCOTUS a political institution? Do its holdings bend to popular culture? Can universities consider race in their admissions process? No, they cannot… because the…
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Three food-delivery giants are suing New York City to block minimum pay standards for gig workers, arguing that regulators used faulty data to calculate the…
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The United States is home to an enormous array of animal industries — including industrial agriculture, fur farming and the exotic pet trade — that…
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Which Corporate Diversity Efforts Are Now Illegal?
July 6, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court’s landmark affirmative action ruling ending race-conscious college admissions has sparked a new debate: Does it curtail companies…
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Fireworks on the Fourth of July? Of course. But nobody expected they’d come from a federal courthouse in Monroe, La. In a sweeping, scathing decision,…