New Book Review
 | In Is the Welfare State Justified?, Daniel Shapiro argues that the dominant positions in contemporary political philosophy should converge in a rejection of central welfare state institutions. To read the review by Vaughn Baltzly, click here. |
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Western Political Science Association, Vancouver, Canada, March 18-20, 2009
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San Francisco made headlines last year by banning plastic bags, and cities across the US and the world are taking similar steps. But a Canadian high school student has approached the problem of plastic waste quite differently- by finding microbes that can make plastic decompose. [more]
Loving was a plaintiff in the landmark civil rights case Loving v. Virginia, where the Supreme Court ruled that state laws prohibiting interracial marriage were a violation of the 14th Amendment. [more]
