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Showing posts with label civil rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civil rights. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

From the Saturday Evening Post: The Civil Rights Act vs. States’ Rights

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A look at the tension between the two. - Click here for the article . Goldwater recognized that the Civil Rights Act would split the liber...
Sunday, November 13, 2016

From the Gallup Vault: 60 Years Ago, the End of "Separate but Equal"

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For our look at polling, public opinion and civil rights. - Click here for the article . On Nov. 13, 1956, two years after the Supreme Cou...
Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Fair Housing Act

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The previous post referred to it. Here's background. - Wikipedia: Fair Housing Act . The Fair Housing Act is a federal act in the Uni...
Thursday, October 6, 2016

Argued today in the Supreme Court: Buck v Davis

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We discussed this briefly in 2305 today. Its - another - due process / death penalty / racial discrimination / ineffective counsel case fro...

From OffCite: Hazardous: The Redlining of Houston Neighborhoods

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For our look at civil rights - and equal protection - in 2305, as well as municipal governments in 2306. - Redlining "is the practice ...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

From the Houston Chronicle: Feds file discrimination suit against owners of Midtown bar Gaslamp

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For out look at civil rights. - Click here for the article . A Midtown bar that was accused of charging cover charges only to non-white p...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

The 1866 Texas Black Codes

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For our look at civil rights. - Click here for them . For more: TSHA - Black Codes
Monday, August 22, 2016

From the New York Times: 50 Years of Electoral College Maps: How the U.S. Turned Red and Blue

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Another look at a story we cover in both 2305 and 2306 about how the major parties realigned after the election of 1964 - including Texas. T...

From the Houston Chronicle: Histories of TSU and UH marked by segregation Begun as racially separate institutions, schools grew to full public universities

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A little know piece of regional history, complex history. One that helped set the stage for Brown v Board of Education. - Click here for the...
Sunday, August 21, 2016

Judicial challenges to Texas' education funding system

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Texas has been front and center - not always in a good way - regarding the constitutionality of education policy. For consideration: 197...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

From the Texas Tribune: Latino Voters Sue to Bolster Influence on Electing Judges

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For our look at civil rights, elections, and the judiciary - among other things. Should Texas' top courts be elected in single member d...
Tuesday, July 12, 2016

More on the evaluation of open carry policies

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This builds off the post from yesterday. Both from the Texas Tribune. - Six Months In, Few Open Carry Complaints . So far, officials say,...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

From the TexasTribune: Appeals Court Tells Texas Foster Care Reforms Must Continue

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Federalism in action:  - Click here for the article . Texas must continue drafting court-ordered plans to fix its broken foster care sys...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

USA Today: Religious liberty vs. civil rights: A balancing act

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Rights and liberties conflict. Here's the latest: Recent push backs against the expansion of civil rights - notably to gays and lesbians...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

From CityLab: The Death of Jeffrey Pendleton: A homeless man was found dead in a jail cell in Manchester, New Hampshire. What killed him? The criminalization of poverty.

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Something to think about as we cover the due process of the law. I posted a similar story below about whether we have de facto debtor's ...
Sunday, March 27, 2016

From ABC News: Paper: Federal Civil Rights Cases Against Officers Are Rare

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For our look at due process and civil rights - where 2305 and 2306 overlap. It's tough to prosecute police officers for violating civil ...
Monday, November 23, 2015

Is there a right to education in the United States? Part Two

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This builds off the post below. Below are a variety of posts related to the - alleged - right to education. - Why there isn’t a constitution...
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

This Day in History: Harding publicly condemns lynching

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The year is 1921. The story is from History.com, and it compliments our look at the shift parties took on civil rights issues - as well as ...
Tuesday, October 13, 2015

From the Houston Chronicle: HERO supporters lead opponents in new poll - Ordinance's opponents say issue turns on small number of votes, but those in favor claim growing momentum

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For those of you in 2306 who are writing on this issue in the upcoming election. Notice that the key is likely to be turnout. Also note that...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

Catching up on the HERO ordinance

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Here are a  few links for 2306 students who are thinking about  writing about the controversy over the "Houston Equal Rights Ordinance...