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Do Archival Light-Level Geolocators and Stable Hydrogen Isotopes Provide Comparable Estimates of Breeding-Ground Origin
(The American Ornithologists' Union, 2013-04-01)
Migratory connectivity for small migratory passerines has been quantified primarily with stable hydrogen isotopes in feathers (δ²HF) because, until recently, we lacked the technology to track small organisms over long ...
Associations between Race, Discrimination, Community Violence, Traumatic Life Events, and Psychosis-Like Experiences in a Sample of College Students
(MDPI, 2019-10-01)
Self-report tools of psychosis-like experiences contribute to the understanding of psychosis and may aid in identification and prevention efforts across the severity spectrum. Current tools are likely limited by biases, ...
Defining Social and Economic Disadvantage: Are Government Preferential Business Certification Programs Narrowly Tailored?
The passage of the Public Works Employment Act (“PWEA”) of 1976 which set aside ten percent of all procurement dollars awarded under it for “minority owned businesses” began a precedent of the use of contracting preferences ...
Can the Federal Transportation DBE Program Be Narrowly Tailored to Remedy Discrimination?
(The Federalist Society, 2007-10-01)
The federal transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program is a relic from another era that no longer serves a civil rights purpose. DBE is the progeny of the 10% minority set-aside provision in the 1977 ...
Discrimination in Public Contracting
How much discrimination is there in contemporary public contracting in the United States? Because these contracts cover
almost everything available in commercial markets and because virtually all governments need to make ...
Deconstructing the Republic: Voting Rights, the Supreme Court, and the Founders’ Republicanism Reconsidered
In this book, Anthony Peacock, who teaches political science at Utah State University, explores political and legal interpretations of the Voting Rights Acts (VRA) which encourage a kind of multiculturalism or identity ...
Deconstructing the Affirmative Action Categories
(SAGE, 1998-04-01)
Affirmative action preferences have traditionally benefited four racial and ethnic group categories: African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans. These categories may be overinclusive, masking ...