Dec. 11, 2013 — As Bill de Blasio gets ready to tackle the enormous problems faced by New York City, belated attention is being paid (appropriately) to some of the key external forces that have...view
Civil rights
Commentary
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Civil rights, History, Race
Sept. 11, 2013 — In the Barack Obama and Bill Clinton version of the Democratic Party, the goal is to have “conversations about race.” Or, at least, these two presidents have wanted to have...view
Announcements
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Civil rights, NYC, Open government
April 23, 2013 — Remapping Debate, a not-for-profit public policy news website, filed suit today in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, seeking to force the New York City Police Department to...view
Interviews
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Citizenship, Civil rights, History, Law
April 10, 2013 — Rebecca Scott, Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and professor of law at the University of Michigan, specializes in the study of post-emancipation...view
Map & Data Resources
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Civil rights, Education
March 13, 2013 — All colleges and universities have a graduation ceremony that is intended for all students. But some schools have optional additional ceremonies for students who are Asian, Black,...view
Leads
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Civil rights, Education, Housing, NYC
May 16, 2012 — This past Sunday, The New York Times ran an in-depth piece called “Why Don’t We Have Any White Kids?” that explored the continuing phenomenon of racial segregation in New York City...view
Letters to the Editor
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Civil rights, Education, Law, Race
Feb. 29, 2012 — Linking “legacy” admissions to affirmative action is a compelling idea. The massive distortion presented by [legacy admissions] has been well documented by a Century Foundation Report...view
Commentary
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Civil rights, Education, Law, Race
Feb. 28, 2012 — The news that the Supreme Court is going to be hearing another affirmative action case has advocates of affirmative action deeply worried. The New York Times article that reported the...view
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Civil rights, History, Race
Feb. 21, 2012 — Nico Slate is an assistant professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University and the author of the book, “Colored Cosmopolitanism: The Shared Struggle for Freedom in the United...view
Commentary
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Civil rights, Federalism, Housing
December 21, 2010 — Opposition to lawful federal authority has had a long and ugly history, from South Carolina’s secession 150 years ago this week, to massive resistance to integration in modern day...view