Law, Rights & Institutions
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Rights in Retreat: Equality, the Military, and Reform with Alex Wagner
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Across continents and institutions, the premise of queer equality is being tested anew. From legislative chambers to military ranks to public squares across the globe, LGBTQ+ people are confronting an unsettling pattern: rights once thought secure are again under siege. What connects these struggles is not only the backlash itself,…
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Leveling the Playing Field
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For decades, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) prohibited student-athletes from profiting off their name, image, and likeness (NIL). That changed in 2021 when the Supreme Court, in NCAA v. Alston, held that the NCAA could not restrict education-related benefits for athletes. Although the ruling did not mandate NIL rights…
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Right-to-Work Laws in the Midwest: Evaluating Impact on Low-Wage Workers
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Right-to-Work (RTW) laws, which prohibit mandatory union membership as a condition of employment, have been a focal point of policy debates across the United States. Over the past decade, several Midwest states, including Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin, have adopted RTW laws, shifting the labor landscape in a region historically characterized by strong…
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Less Qualified and Less Diverse: Race-Neutral Affirmative Action Hurts Chicago’s Exam Schools
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Selective admissions high schools, or exam schools, have long been at the center of education policy debates due to their struggles in balancing fair enrollment and improving diversity. In 2007, the Supreme Court ruled in Parents v. Seattle and Meredith v. Jefferson that using race as an admissions requirement is unconstitutional…