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November 1, 2017
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a White House policy barring military service by transgender troops, ruling that it was based on “disapproval of transgender...
November 1, 2017
How Calling Kevin Spacey a Pedophile Hurts the Gay Community by Joseph Fischel Everyone loves to hate a pedophile, even if they’ve made him up. Immediately after Kevin Spacey...
October 19, 2017
Congratulations to Inderpal Grewal, our brilliant Chair, upon the publication of her timely and important new book: “Saving the Security State: Exceptional Citizens in Twenty...
September 25, 2017
Amicus brief Amicus brief that filed in support of the case against the “Muslim ban” in the US Supreme Court. It draws on some of the scholarly work that feminists (including...
September 11, 2017
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos moved in big last week on the issue of sexual assault on college campuses, pushing back on Obama-era policy under Title IX that has compelled...
September 11, 2017
Opinion from the YDN:  PRICE: Yale, DeVos and sexual misconduct  
June 13, 2017
Professor Fischel’s book, Sex and Harm in the Age of Consent, has been selected as the winner of the Foundations of Political Theory First Book Award.  The Award will...