Attendees at the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., January 21, 2017. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) The notion that all you need to know about a person is his or her skin color seems close to the definition of racism. Conservatives talk a lot about how we don’t like identity politics. But it’s not always clear what people

(Pixabay) As athletic conferences embrace radical new policies, female athletes lose opportunities to compete fairly. Three young female track athletes in Connecticut have submitted a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, asking for an investigation of allegedly illegal Title IX discrimination against them. Due to a Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic

(Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) In a 220–197 vote, the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Friday, giving a win to Democratic leaders who’d spent months coaxing progressives to vote for the defense-funding package. Progressive lawmakers had expressed distaste for the high price tag of the $733 billion measure and argued unsuccessfully for imposing stricter guidelines

(Noah Berger/Reuters) The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the Trump administration Friday in a case concerning the withholding of federal funds for local policing from so-called sanctuary cities. A three-judge panel of the court ruled 2–1 that the Justice Department could deny Community Oriented Policing Services grants to cities and states that have “sanctuary” policies prohibiting

Overgrown bushes and grass in South Bend, In., June 26, 2019 (Joshua Lott/Reuters) It may be illegal, because it could violate our Eighth Amendment protections against excessive fines. The city of Dunedin, Fla., told a man that it is going to take his home if he cannot pay the $30,000 in fines that he owes