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Lani Guinier

Lani Guinier is Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard University. She co-authored The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy with Gerald Torres.

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Don't Go It Alone

Don't Go It Alone Michael Dawson makes a compelling argument that the devastating conditions

Lani Guinier, Gerald Torres

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Party Politics

Poor blacks are still poor and isolated, even after the victories of the civil rights movement

Lani Guinier

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The Future of Affirmative Action

We need to situate the conversation about race, gender, and affirmative action in a wider account of democratic opportunity. The present system measures merit through scores on paper-and-pencil tests, but this measure is fundamentally unfair.

Susan Sturm, Lani Guinier

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The issue of affirmative action continues to dominate the racial justice landscape. It frequently

Susan Sturm, Lani Guinier

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