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From the Ideal to the Real: A Daughter of the South Reflects on Obama’s First Year

by Dr. Pamela D. Reed, November 6, 2009

“What a difference a year makes.”  And when it comes to President Barack Obama, never has this truism been more, well, true. This time last year, I was euphoric —to the point of numbness. When I received official word that Barack Hussein Obama was elected 44th president of the United States, I

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No More Excuses

by Deborah Santiago, October 6, 2009

Leaders at institutional, local and national levels are looking for effective practices to accelerate college degree completion in the United States. Given the growth and youth of the Latino population, identifying practices with evidence of effectiveness in increasing Latinos’ educational achievement in college will be useful. However, before the creation

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Sonia Sotomayor: A Fabulous Choice For The Supreme Court

by Dr. Elwood Watson, June 2, 2009

Even before she was considered to be the front runner as the next Supreme Court Justice, there were rumblings from political conservatives about the “problems” with Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Now that she has been officially nominated by President Obama, certain segments of the right have come out swinging and kicking. One could

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It is High Time for a Black Woman on the High Court

by Dr. Pamela D. Reed, June 2, 2009

"Make me do it." -Barack Hussein Obama The relevance of the above challenge issued by then-Senator Barack Obama will soon become obvious. For now, let me first congratulate Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's nominee for the soon-to-be vacant seat of retiring high court Associate Justice David Souter. Obama's historic nomination of the first Latina to

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Shaping the Court: Race, Gender and Ideology

by Dr. Christopher Metzler, May 4, 2009

2009 seems to be the year that the American electorate is turning left of center. Evidence of this include the election of President Obama, the election of a Democratic controlled Congress,  the Supreme Court of Iowa sanctioned same sex marriage, Vermont allows same sex marriage and several other states are

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