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...this dilemma altogether. Massachusetts could amend its tax laws to revoke the favored tax status of private organizations incorporated under state law that discriminate based on sexual orientation. The federal tax code already provides for the revocation of favored tax treatment of otherwise tax-exempt private schools that practice racial discrimination, even for religious reasons. The Supreme Court, in Bob Jones University v. United States (1982), upheld the constitutionality of this provision against claims that it violates the First Amendment guarantee of religious freedom, noting that eradicating discrimination is a fundamental government interest and that mere revocation of special...
...made St. Louis a significant threat to the newly seceded Confederacy.For those of you who haven’t been reading the news, the Civil War ended a few years ago. But the question of who controls the St. Louis Police Department still hinges largely on racial concerns. The Aldermen who pushed through the civilian review board legislation were mostly black, while the governor who appoints the state police commission is a white Republican who was elected, as so many white Republicans, with very few black votes. In the post-civil rights movement era, I would like to think that...
...absence of any apparent racial motive for the crimes is a small comfort in Birmingham. But the demise of the churches, some more than 100 years old, is still painful. "I began to sense loss for our older people," says Jim Parker, pastor at Ashby Baptist in Bibb County. "They were baptized and married here, and their people are buried here," he says. "But when the children started really crying, I realized it was all they had ever known too." Some things have changed in Alabama, but grief remains the same...
...night in Dudley House. Since the College does not record ethnic identity in its alumni files, the group followed this strategy which was first employed by the Black Students Association to build its own invitation list, according to AAA members. “We don’t keep racial tags in our database,” said Hoopes Wampler, director of College alumni programs at the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). The reunion, hosted by AAA and cosponsored by 11 other Asian-oriented organizations on campus, was packed with 125 students and alumni—surpassing the target...
...surprise to the researchers. “While we expected the direction of this trend, we certainly did not expect to find no effect,” Elwert said. “We were surprised by how dramatic the results were.” Although the causes for the racial discrepancy have not yet been studied, Elwert believes the difference arises from social context. “Spouses are the first—and evidence suggests the most important—instance of medical care,” Elwert said. “They tend to be the primary caregivers...