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Identification documents are a tool of gatekeeping—just think of all the buildings and services that are accessible only with a Harvard ID. For people who do not look like the legal sex listed on their ID, access to even the most basic facilities can be incredibly difficult. I see people who are denied entrance to college buildings, gyms and public pools because they present themselves as a gender that is different from what is listed on their...
...undergraduate admissions office at University of Michigan, which gave minority groups a numeric advantage in admissions considerations. But in upholding that university’s law school admissions system, the Court maintained that affirmative action policies in themselves do not constitute an illegal quota and are a vital tool for diversifying college campuses...
...that Dean's breakthrough meant little. "Nobody has ever doubted the intensity of Dean's support," says Jim Jordan, campaign manager for Kerry. "The question is, Can he broaden it?" Dean, meanwhile, is quick to downplay the notion that his rise is only a cybersurge: "The Internet is a tool, not a campaign platform...
...questions now are whether Dean can broaden his support and whether the Internet is just a boutique fund-raising tool or one that can generate actual votes. Whatever the ultimate verdict, Dean has already shown there is more than one way to reach supporters. The power of the Internet in political campaigning is "going to take away television's total dominance," says Trippi. So stay tuned. Or, rather, log on. --Reported by Perry Bacon Jr./Iowa and James Carney/Washington
...Imperceptibly, radio was changing from a tool of power to a tool of the people. Nowhere was the shift more apparent than in Taiwan in the mid-'90s, when the then opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) depended on an underground station called Greenpeace to broadcast its samizdat message. (The station has no relationship with the environmental group of the same name.) On Greenpeace's unfettered airwaves, citizens could express proindependence views and criticize the then ruling Kuomintang (KMT). Many supporters called in at night, taking care to keep the lights off at home lest their neighbors suspect they...