Europe's top rights court is Tuesday to decide in three separate cases if states are doing enough in the face of global warming in rulings that could force them to do more.
Environment
Apr 7, 2024
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A UC Berkeley-led study revealed that disparities in the share of Black and Latino students admitted to America's elite colleges and universities have endured and even widened over the last 40 years.
Education
Feb 28, 2024
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Thirteen Brazilian mothers who say they are victims of domestic violence have told researchers of their harrowing experiences inside that country's family court system.
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2023
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The Supreme Court has struck down the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan. In Biden v. Nebraska, the court ruled 6 to 3 on June 30, 2023, that the secretary of education does not have the authority to forgive ...
Education
Jul 3, 2023
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The US Supreme Court dealt a blow on Thursday to the federal government's authority to regulate wetlands under a landmark anti-pollution law.
Environment
May 25, 2023
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The Supreme Court is about to hear arguments about the constitutionality of a 1978 law enacted to protect Native American children in the U.S. and strengthen their families.
Social Sciences
Nov 9, 2022
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Ana Gore grew up learning English and Spanish simultaneously. At home, her Peruvian mother would primarily talk to her in Spanish, while her American father spoke to her in English.
Social Sciences
Oct 7, 2022
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This week, we learned that the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that guaranteed a person's right to have an abortion in the United States. If this happens, 23 states could institute bans ...
Political science
May 5, 2022
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Parents reunited with their children via a court order following care proceedings reveal a lack of "humanity" in the court process with a perception they were "just a cog in the machine," "a case rather than a person," "downtrodden" ...
Social Sciences
Apr 7, 2022
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A new four-part HBO series, "Allen v. Farrow," documents the accusations of sexual abuse against film director Woody Allen and the aftermath. The documentary calls on the expertise of Joan S. Meier, a professor of law at ...
Social Sciences
Apr 9, 2021
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