Pushing Back Against Oklahoma's Anti-Sharia Amendment
In a ruling issued this week, the Tenth Circuit took a crucial step in striking at the constitutionality of a 2010 Oklahoma ballot measure which purported to ban the consideration of “Sharia Law” by...
View ArticleSuicide at the Ballot Box: Vote Yes on Question 2
“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide.” Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus On Tuesday, Massachusetts voters will be asked to wrestle with that problem and vote...
View ArticleThis Week in Non-Discriminatory Housing News
This week, the Justice Department settled two lawsuits against defendants charged with discriminatory housing practices. The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it had settled a lawsuit against...
View ArticleKanye West on Civil Rights
Most of the attention generated by Kanye West’s recent interview with Zane Lowe has centered on a few typically bombastic statements from Kanye about his place in pop culture/human history and the...
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Rappers and Hornbooks: A Study Playlist
CR-CL’s Unofficial Study Playlist It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, I don’t mean Thanksgiving. It’s time for outlining and consolidating all the knowledge we have accrued this semester. And...
View ArticleA [Rough] Statistical Analysis of Racial Profiling
In the aftermath of George Zimmerman’s trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin, Richard Cohen wrote an editorial for the Washington Post arguing that Zimmerman’s profiling of Martin was more-or-less...
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The Past and Future of Guantanamo Bay
Jonathan Hansen is Senior Lecturer on Social Studies and History at Harvard University. Sabin Willett is a partner at Bingham McCutcheon and has represented numerous Guantanamo detainees. On April 1...
View ArticleWhat is Sexual Assault at Harvard?
Recently, an alleged sexual assault victim wrote an op-ed describing her experience. Responses to the piece have startled the University out of its usual calm. President Drew Faust has responded by...
View ArticleThe Role of Violence in Ferguson
A former president of the San Diego’s chapter of NAACP visited HLS this week. In the context of a heated debate about policing reform, he interjected with a question that confronted the recent...
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My Two Days at the Supreme Court
Last Thursday, my alarm rang at 5:45 AM and I rolled out of bed. I quickly washed my hair, face, teeth, and slipped on my suit. Before leaving my apartment, I made sure I had my American lapel pin and...
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