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  • by Jonna Louvrier on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 12:55pm
    For twelve days in 2010, California courts were the scene of a groundbreaking battle to ensure the legal right of every adult in the state to marry the person of her or his choice.
  • by Pam Miracle on Monday, March 30, 2015 - 4:19pm
    The phrase “what women want” calls to mind fluffy Hollywood movies and a recent segment of the popular TV quiz show, “Jeopardy,” which perpetuated the idea that “what women want” is help with the...
  • by Gender News staff on Monday, December 8, 2014 - 9:34pm
    The statistics are alarming for sexual assault on college campuses.
  • by Adrienne Rose Johnson on Monday, October 20, 2014 - 3:35pm
    “History is made by those who show up,” Christie Herring said during her appearance last spring for the Stanford screening of her documentary film...
  • by Katherine Quiles on Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 10:21am
    May marks the anniversary of two important events in Asian American history. The first Japanese immigrants arrived in the United States in May of 1843. The transcontinental railroad—built by the...
  • by Katherine Quiles on Monday, March 3, 2014 - 6:00am
    International Women’s Day serves as a reminder of both the struggles and successes of women all around the world. Celebrated on March 8, the holiday has been observed since early 1900.The official...
  • by Alison Wynn on Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 9:29am
    The United States has witnessed a dramatic transformation on the subject of gay marriage over the last decade. The question of whether same-sex couples should be permitted to marry has worked its way...
  • by Healy Ko on Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 9:41am
    When Stanford senior Irene Jor was a child, her aunts, first-generation Chinese immigrants, worked as nannies in Boston. Years later, circumstances have shifted and Jor's family now employs a...
  • by Healy Ko on Monday, April 1, 2013 - 8:20am
    Ximena Monreal* hoisted a banner that read “Congratulations New Citizens! Register to Vote Today!” It was 1996, the height of national debates over welfare and immigration reforms, and Monreal was...
  • by Annelise Heinz on Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 10:59am
    “My own view is that color-blind admissions policies come several centuries too late and at least a generation too early,” law professor Deborah Rhode told a Stanford audience, making an ethics-based...

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