Watching George Lucas' latest film is one long, losing battle. Rehan Dadi '15 tells us why.

Gina Cargas looks at Neat, a deeply affecting one-man play about civil rights, disability and coming-of-age.

The Help presents a fresh take on the Civil Rights-era, avoiding the tackiness that could have been its downfall.

The Institute will  include a fellowship and program for teaching communities and potential leaders about the civil rights movement.

Jake Friedman '11 travelled to Washington D.C. last weekend to take in Glenn Beck's bally-hooed "Restoring Honor" rally. But what he found is far from honorable.

Human rights activists, including myself, agree that the government has no authority to decide what is censored on the internet because this is a constitutionally protected right of an individual. The government cannot decide what another person should be able to see and do on the internet, as this is a personal decision. The internet serves as a vehicle for expression and therefore, limitations other than for criminal activity should not exist. As stated by the Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, Steven Shapiro, “the government has no right to censor protected speech on the Internet, and it cannot reduce adults to hearing and seeing only speech that the government considers suitable for children”.

As Cornellians celebrate this Black History Month, we must take a moment to reflect upon how far this country has come. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s secured many basic rights for blacks, and America notably elected its first bi-racial president last November. Historically, great strides have also been made at Cornell. Alpha Phi Alpha, the country's first black fraternity, was established at Cornell in 1906, and in 1969, the Willard Straight takeover led to changes such as the creation of the Africana Studies and Research Center.

The Supreme Court of the United States recently reached a decision in Boumediene v. Bush that we will all come to regret. The Court ruled that detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, and any enemy combatants that the U.S. captures, have the right to a habeas corpus appeal in U.S. civil courts. This decision has been praised as a victory for civil liberties and as a rebuke of the Bush administration’s handling of the war on terror.