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However, the court??€™s argument is undermined by the success of women in the current American military and in the armed forces of other countries—particularly in Israel, the first country ever to conscript women. Since the country’s independence in 1948, the Israeli armed forces have drafted both men and women without any hindrance to their ability to fight and win wars—wars that, in fact, could not possibly have been won without women. For decades, Israeli women have served their country by working in technology, intelligence and other behind...
While most of us here at Harvard were celebrating the end of finals, women and men across the country were celebrating a different kind of victory. Jan. 22 marked the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court??€™s landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, guaranteeing a woman’s right to choose in the United States. The days of back-alley, illegal abortions have been history since 1973, but with an anti-choice president in the White House and an anti-choice Congress behind him, those past horrors could once again surround us. The burden has fallen...
...cannot study patterns of immigration, migration and subsequent economic assimilation without examining the relationships between blacks and other ethnic groups. Â The Supreme Court??€™s decision in Brown v. Board of Education is a landmark example of judicial activism, an activism that shaped the Court??€™s opinion in Roe v. Wade. Â A thorough understanding of urban and suburban housing patterns and education policy cannot be reached without considering the impact of race. Â Even American pop culture is influenced by Hip-Hop culture, which is in turn influenced by jazz, the blues...
...last—time that I will ever say this, but for once President George W. Bush has gotten it right. Earlier this month, he came out against the use of the point-based affirmative action admissions system currently in place at the University of Michigan. The Supreme Court??€™s decision to hear the Michigan case finally allows us to confront the issue of race in college admissions head on and move towards a race-blind university admissions system that truly gives an equal opportunity...
Nike, for example, announced in an October press release that it would not make public its corporate responsibility report, citing the California Supreme Court??€™s decision as the reason...