Equality and Opportunity

Imagine that after years of suffering from debilitating back pain, you finally found a physical therapist you love. Unlike the countless others you had tried in the past, this provider takes a holistic big-picture approach to your treatment plan. And the practice is mobile—ideal for those days when the pain makes it difficult to leave the house. ...

James Gunn's Superman marks a fantastic start to the latest relaunch of DC Comics' superhero movies. The film captures the essence of Superman—it's optimistic, colorful, unabashedly corny, and dripping with love for its titular hero, played with charming sincerity by David Corenswet. Sadly, the film has become the latest front in the ongoing c ...

In rural Nebraska, an Amish man knocks on his neighbor's door. His wife is in her ninth month of pregnancy, and he believes his neighbor, Dr. Heather Swanson, can help. Dr. Swanson is a certified nurse midwife, trained and qualified to help women give birth. She's successfully assisted at thousands of deliveries, and she teaches other midwives a ...

A federal court rejected Illinois' attempt to force organizations to expose their members' identities—including minors—when challenging discriminatory government programs, clearing the way for Pacific Legal Foundation's fight against race-based scholarships. The U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois denied the state's moti ...

The First Amendment right to speak includes the oft-forgotten right to listen. Few know it, but this right to receive information hides in the shadow of a controversial case now before the Supreme Court called Chiles v. Salazar. How the Court resolves Chiles will affect the rights of millions of patients to seek and receive medical advice. In Ch ...

The Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause forbids the government from using immutable characteristics—like race—to discriminate against individuals. Even so, governments have taken to using sneaky tactics that, while avoiding explicit racial classifications, are no less than discrimination by proxy. Nowhere is this seen more than in th ...

Illinois needs teachers. Earlier this year, the State Board of Education published a report on the state's teacher shortage, estimating that Illinois schools have nearly 4,000 vacancies. And 87% of education leaders say that teacher shortages are a problem. Meanwhile, a poll conducted last year for the Illinois Education Association found that 60% ...

Americans are generous with their time—coaching youth sports, feeding the hungry, cleaning parks, and serving their communities in countless ways. Many also volunteer on state boards and commissions, helping shape policies that affect us all. But what if your chance to serve depended not on your skills or dedication, but on your race or sex? Unti ...

Law schools are desperately changing hiring and admissions policies to increase diversity—not because of their own internal objectives, but because of pressure from accrediting agencies. New research from Pacific Legal Foundation reveals how the American Bar Association (ABA) pressures public law schools to adopt race- and sex-based hiring and ...