Post Tagged with: "Obama"

• The Nuanced African American Response to Obama's Decision on DOMA

  By Stephanie Neely, Issue Areas, LGBTQ Rights, Race and Immigration March 2, 2011 10:09 pm no comments

  The African American community overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama in the 2008 elections.  African Americans are also the ethnic group most opposed to same sex marriage, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.  Thus, when President Obama and Attorney General Holder announced last week that the Department of Justice would stop defending [...]

   

• Budgets Don't Have To Be Balanced On The Backs Of Workers

  By Noah Kaplan, Issue Areas, Labor and Employment, Original Content February 20, 2011 12:47 pm 3 comments

  What started in Wisconsin is spreading to the rest of the country. Governors, especially Republican governors, are using state budget deficits to present state employees with a Hobson’s choice: diminish the bargaining power of unions of state employees or allow the state government to be insolvent. Solving deficits from the expenditure side puts the sacrifice on the backs of the poor and middle class. Raising taxes accomplishes the same goal without the same consequences.

   

• Continuing Discussion Series: President Obama, Gay Marriage, and Loving v. Virginia

  By Noah Kaplan, Issue Areas, LGBTQ Rights, Race and Immigration February 7, 2011 5:05 pm 6 comments

  This is the first in what will be a series of online discussions hosted by HarvardCRCL.org. Each discussion will focus on an event held at Harvard Law School discussing issues pertinent to civil rights and civil liberties. Amicus contributors will summarize the discussion that took place at the event, and [...]