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One of the most far-reaching impacts of a presidency is selecting justices for the Supreme Court. Many question the decision-making process used by the Court. One view is that judges should be independent thinkers and not political partisans:

The judiciary is supposed to be an independent branch of government composed of serious jurists with the unenviable task of applying the law, legal precedent and constitutional principles to cases that are by their very nature ambiguous.

The disparity in pay between men and women has been discussed for years. In a USA Today Op-Ed piece, the debate on why women don't fare as well as men on the pay scale continued. One view is that career choices and business ventures are bigger factors than gender bias:

The fact is, women's career choices have more to do with the pay difference than does discrimination Another little-noticed part of the pay gap is that women are more reluctant than men to convert skills into business ventures.

At what price point will gas prices be too high and result in your making major changes in your lifestyle?

The proposed design of the statue planned for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial has triggered controversy.

What does Sen. Obama's nomination means for Americans and the presidential race?

According to a report released by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, transracial adoption of children isn't working well for children of color raised in white families.

Sen. McCain's wife was pressured to release her tax returns. Sen. Obama's wife has been the target of negative TV ads; Sen. Clinton's husband has been chastised on a number of issues. A USA Today Op-Ed piece suggests spouses are not entitled to blanket immunity:

It's natural that candidates want to shelter their spouses, who aren't on the ballot, from scrutiny and criticism.

After a year-long search, the NAACP's 64-member board selected Benjamin Jealous as president of the nation's oldest civil rights organization.

With only a handful of remaining primaries before the Democratic convention, why won't superdelegates choose now?

A Washington Post article says that a new generation of Blacks, critical of the old guard, is taking activism online, in a big way:

The new black revolution, as singer Gil Scott-Heron famously predicted, is not being televised. It is raging online. A growing cadre of young black activists is using the Internet in an attempt to eclipse traditional civil rights organizations such as the NAACP and hit the refresh button on the civil rights movement.

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