The explosion in online social networking over the last few years has often been premised on being a transcendence of traditional categories such as gender, race, and economic class. Much has been written on how online networking is a democratizing activity as users are not aware of the social taxonomies which define them. This common wisdom, however, is not demonstrated in recent research. Danah Boyd, a social media researcher at Microsoft, and fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center for the Internet and Society, recently reported on the ethnic divides in online social networks and suggests there is a "white flight" taking place. Read More ...

If you are following the recent actions regarding proposed reforms to the nation's health care system you may want to read the actual bill. Here is the text with annotations to the Congressional Record for any recent developments. Read More ...

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Colin Miller, an assistant professor at John Marshall School of Law, has recently finished a new "census" of blogs written by legal educators. Available via SSRN, the article "contains a listing of blogs by anyone who might be involved in the education of students at law schools in the United States: full time professors, adjunct professors, deans, legal writing instructors, law librarians, etc." Interestingly, the list sorts blogs both by title and by the law school from which they are affiliated. Read More ...

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The law librarians at NYU have created a new research guide on indigenous peoples and international law. This might be a great starting place if you thinking of writing on this topic. Read More ...

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