For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...

The Caste System: An Inescapable Destiny? Few social systems illustrate this phenomenon more clearly than the caste system, one of history’s most enduring hierarchies. Deeply embedded in Indian ...

Discrimination against individuals based on caste would seem to be a relic of the past. Even in India, where the caste system was most rigid, the practice has been officially banned since 1950.

California lawmakers have cleared a bill that would explicitly ban caste discrimination in the state, sending it to the governor’s desk for signature. State senators passed a bill on Tuesday that ...

After reading the Supreme Court decision in Chintada Anand v. State of AP, I am impelled to doff my hat to the invisible ...

The Katrina disaster has peeled back the veil from many of America’s shames and weaknesses. One of them is the press’s caste system. Last week’s Press Clips touched on this briefly, pointing out that ...

As I write this letter, the stock market continues to crash as does my retirement savings. Yet what have our two Republican senators done in the meantime? They passed a gimmicky budget reconciliation ...

Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...

(CNN) — For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. CNN — (CNN) — ...