Civil Rights

IRS follows Obama's lead

2013-05-20 04:00:00

Of course the president deserves some of the blame. Yes, it's extremely unlikely he ordered the IRS to discriminate against tea party, pro-life or Jewish groups opposed to his agenda (though why anyone should take his word for it is beyond me). And...

Tom Perez and the 'nuclear option'

2013-05-20 03:00:00

Republicans accuse Thomas E. Perez, President Barack Obama's nominee for labor secretary, of twisting the legal process in three cases in St. Paul, Minn., to suit his political purposes. But it is they who are twisting the Senate's role to "advise and...

Choice is key to educational opportunity

2013-05-16 04:30:00

David Wilson has it spot on ("Why education should be considered a civil right" May 13). K-12 education is not only the civil rights issue of our time, it is the moral issue of our time. The public education system is failing far too many kids and the...

Kevin Krigger could ride into Preakness history as black jockey

2013-05-15 18:58:00

The day after riding in the Kentucky Derby, Kevin Krigger packed his family and gear and headed for Pimlico Race Course — by way of Cincinnati. A woman there had captured his heart. She was Liliane Casey, 88, whose father, Jimmy Winkfield, was the...

Why education should be considered a civil right

2013-05-13 03:00:00

I recently spoke at a seminar at Harvard on the theme of education as a civil right. Among other things, the seminar conveyed the urgency as well as the intractability of the problem of low college completion rates for certain groups of young people in...

Will Minnesota make a marriage equality trifecta?

2013-05-12 00:00:00

Six months after Maryland, Maine and Washington voters endorsed same-sex marriage at the ballot box, two more states have adopted laws allowing gay couples to marry, and a third is poised to join them. On Tuesday, lawmakers in Delaware adopted a same-...

Howard Human Rights Commission seeks student member

2013-05-09 11:47:00

The Howard County Human Rights Commission is seeking a student member to serve a one-year term. The student would serve from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014 as a non-voting member on the commission. To be eligible, candidates must be a student under the...

Sanitized society puts hygiene hypothesis to the test

2013-05-06 04:00:00

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...

When 5-year-olds are shooting 2-year-olds…

2013-05-04 08:00:00

It was such a short mention in Thursday's newspaper ("5-year-old accidentally kills sister with own rifle," May 2) that I thought it deserves more attention. Five-year old boy accidentally kills two-year old sister with own rifle! Then it goes on to say...

Blocking entry of radicals is good for Israel and U.S.

2013-05-04 11:00:00

In their commentary, Zainab Choudry and Saqib Ali ("Don't let Israel discriminate," April 30) objected to Senate Bill 462 (the U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2013) introduced recently in the U.S. Senate that advocates Israel's right to deny...

One-party rule in Maryland exacerbates jail scandal

2013-05-09 10:40:00

The evil that comes from a one-party state could not be more glaring than in the wake of the federal indictments over the corruption in the state-run Baltimore City Detention Center. Gov. Martin O'Malley has attempted to turn the astonishing degree of...

Coppin to break ground on $80 million science center

2013-05-02 15:55:47

Coppin State University is moving forward with an $80 million Science and Technology Center that it hopes will boost sagging enrollment despite concerns that the West Baltimore school will not have enough money to operate the building. A ceremonial...

Notre Dame student Moises Garcia tapes up a project board during an exhibit for students in professor Cyraina Johnson-Roullier's University Literature Seminar and 400-level classes at the Civil Rights Heritage Center in South Bend.

2013-05-05 03:04:00

A scene from a Mountain Dew ad recently taken down amid complaints of racism.

2013-05-01 10:50:00

The IU-South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center is seen on Tuesday in South Bend. The former Natatorium swimming pool, pictured in foreground, is now a garden area.

2013-04-30 00:00:00