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Sonia Sotomayor: Two sides of a life
The Swampby Peter Nicholas and James Oliphant It did not take long after moving 60 miles from the ethnically diverse neighborhoods of the Bronx to the campus of Princeton University for Sonia Sotomayor to make it clear she was not happy......Tags: Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning, Legal Services, Students, Clarence Thomas
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Supreme Court: Age bias must be proven
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court today made it harder for older workers who are laid-off or demoted to win a claim of age discrimination. In a 5-4 decision, the justices ruled that these workers bear the full burden......Tags: Clarence Thomas, Minority Groups, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace
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Firefighters victims of discrimination
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court ruled today that white firefighters who lost promotions in New Haven, Conn., were victims of illegal racial discrimination, with the court holding that employers should not rely on "raw racial statistics" to set......Tags: Clarence Thomas, Sonia Sotomayor, Minority Groups, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice and Rights
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Obama at NAACP: 'Next 100 years'
The Swampby Mark Silva One hundred years ago, black boys and girls attended school separately from white boys and girls, by law, in many parts of the United States, home of the free. One hundred years ago, black men and women......Tags: Thurgood Marshall, Riots, Newt Gingrich, Minority Groups, Michael Bloomberg
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Sotomayor hearing live analysis
The Swamp(AP/Gerald Hebert) by James Oliphant We are here again in Hart 216 and Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy has begun his first round of questions. Each member of the panel will question Judge Sotomayor in 30-minute periods. Stay with the......Tags: Minority Groups, Sonia Sotomayor, Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics
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Bill Clinton: 'Shocked' if no health care
The Swampby Mark Silva Bill Clinton, who failed to win the health-care reforms that he sought early in his presidency, says he will be "shocked'' if President Barack Obama fails at the health-care initiative that he is seekng early in his......Tags: Citizens Initiative and Recall, Newt Gingrich, Arkansas, Diseases and Illnesses, John Edwards
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Supreme Court: Chicago firefighters up
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court plunged back today into the legal fight over firefighters, test scores and accusations of racial discrimination, this time to decide when the disappointed candidates must file a lawsuit. At issue is whether the......Tags: Minority Groups, Alabama, Sonia Sotomayor, Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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Kagan took strong stand on gay rights
The SwampSupreme Court nominee Elena Kagan visits with Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania Thursday. (AP/Alex Brandon) by David G. Savage and James Oliphant A controversy over military recruiting at Harvard Law School while Elena Kagan was dean may say less......Tags: Pennsylvania, Texas, California, Minority Groups, Same-Sex Marriage
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'Work of Art': The naked truth
Reality CheckI never had a chance to recap last week's Work of Art, but I'm still surprised Trong is gone. I mean, really, did you see Jaime Lynn's set dressing? Oh well. What's done is done.Before the first challenge, the contestants......Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Crime, Law and Justice, Photography, Judges
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Obama ordering gay rights respected
The Swampby Mark Silva Janice Langbehn got a phone call from the president. President Barack Obama called her, according to her lawyers at Lambda Legal, to voice his sympathy for the loss of her partner, Lisa Pond, who had lapsed into......Tags: The New York Times, Human Rights, Minority Groups, White House, Health
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Nobel Prize winner Gary Becker advocates paying parents for student performance
Nobel Prize winner Gary Becker could never win an election in this town. In a 30-minute speech Thursday to The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the 82-year-old University of Chicago economist proposed that keeping "the American dream alive" would...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Melissa Harris, Harvard University, Students, Washington, DC
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Sanitized society puts hygiene hypothesis to the test
Is the American body politic suffering from an autoimmune disease? The "hygiene hypothesis" is the scientific theory that the rise in asthma and other autoimmune maladies stems from the fact that babies are born into environments that are too clean. Our...
Tags: Arts and Culture, here! (tv network), Social Sciences, Physical Conditions, Autism
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