civil rights

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Stanford Law School, F.I.R. Hall

“Irreparably broken”: Former DOJ lawyers advocate for stronger protections from executive overreach

Kayla Chan
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April 3
Campus Life
Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. addressed CEMEX Auditorium in 2014. (Elliot Serbin/The Stanford Daily)

Remembering the ‘gregarious’ Jesse Jackson at Stanford and beyond

Emerson Prentice
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Feb. 25
Campus Life
A black-and-white drawing that reads "A better world is possible." The text is surrounded by birds and flowers.

Students commemorate 1968 movement for ethnic studies programs with community art

Yeva Allyn
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Nov. 7
Opinions
Students gather in the QSR Cafecito to protest El Centro Chicano y Latino.

From the Community | To Stanford: stand against injustice, join our protest

From the Community
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April 3, 2025
Local
Germán González ’26 stands at a podium surrounded by photographers and video equipment. He is wearing a keffiyeh and is in front of a background that reads "CAIR."

Stanford designated a ‘hostile campus’ by CAIR for ‘targeting’ student protestors

Leo Melton
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Feb. 20, 2025
University
The Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), housed in Building 360. Arches and Hoover Tower visible at dusk.

Inside the University’s new bias-reporting system

Leo Melton
  •  
Nov. 21, 2024
Speakers & Events
A person on a stage speaks to a packed auditorium

For Anita Hill, change should be measured by the ‘long-view’

Carolyn Stein
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Jan. 29, 2024
Campus Life
People standing around Clarence B. Jones sitting at a desk, waiting for him to sign copies of his book.

‘Put down the goddamn cell phone,’ Clarence B. Jones advises students

Amann Mahajan
  •  
Jan. 10, 2024
From the Community
Students protest against Western Civilization requirement at Stanford.

From the Community | Faculty Senate decides to take us back to 1955

David Palumbo-Liu
  •  
April 30, 2023
From the Community
Sigma Chi house, now known as 550 Lasuen, on a sunny day.

From the community | Commemorating one of the proudest moments in Stanford history

From the Community
  •  
Oct. 20, 2022
News
George Brown, Executive Director of the Stanford Center for Racial Justice, stands for a photo near Stanford Law School. (Photo: NIKOLAS LIEPINS/The Stanford Daily)

George Brown appointed executive director of Stanford Center for Racial Justice

Victoria Hsieh
  •  
Oct. 20, 2021
World & Nation
(Photo: DANIEL WU/The Stanford Daily)

One year later: Stanford reflects on George Floyd’s legacy

Anuka Mohanpuhr
  •  
May 26, 2021
William A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen (Screenshot: JED NGALANDE/The Stanford Daily)

America must fulfill its promise of 40 acres, civil rights historians say

Jed Ngalande
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Feb. 25, 2021
Professor Pamela S. Karlan testified before the House Judiciary Committee in December 2019. (Photo: CHIP SOMODEVILLA/Getty Images)

Law professor Pam Karlan joins U.S. Department of Justice

Georgia Rosenberg
  •  
Feb. 10, 2021
The Grind
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Activism doesn’t stop on Nov. 3: A list of 6 post-election political actions

Mikayla Tillery
  •  
Nov. 9, 2020
News
(Photo: Courtesy of Simona Martin, Pro Bono Photo)

Tha Hood Squad aims to create a new narrative in the Bay Area

Laura Malagrino
  •  
July 23, 2020
Speakers & Events
The Stanford Daily

Kashmiri panel blasts human rights violations in India, calls for Kashmiri self-determination

Jean Yi
  •  
Nov. 13, 2019
Opinions
Columnist Courtney Cooperman argues against the filibuster, drawing upon historical examples of its usage in the Senate to thwart civil rights legislation. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

A skeptic’s case against the filibuster

Courtney Cooperman
  •  
Oct. 23, 2019
Opinions
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Order and disorder in the Fundamental Standard

Elizabeth Lindqwister and Jonathan Lipman
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April 5, 2019
Courtney Flores' costumes reflect the 1950s setting of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" (COURTNEY FLORES/Stanford TAPS).

Dream deferred? TAPS + BLACKstage’s “A Raisin in the Sun” is a dream fulfilled

Chloe Wintersteen
  •  
Nov. 1, 2018
The Stanford Daily

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