A description by its president of the history and purposes of "Americans for Indian Opportunity," a national nonprofit organization governed jointly by Indians and interested non-Indians. (JM)

Affirmative action plans by employers can be required in three different situations. Under authority of Executive Order 11246, contract compliance agencies can require them as part of action to end discrimination. Under authority of 1972 amendments to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission can include them in any…

Discusses the implications of an international instrument now awaiting ratification by U.S. and other governments in the Western Hemisphere--the American Convention on Human Rights," negotiated in 1969 by 19 members of the Organization of American States. (JM)

Discusses inadequacy in school funding, the history of the school finance litigation movement, inequity in school funding, the Serrano v. Priest decision, legal theories, fiscal neutrality, State constitutional arguments, equal protection arguments, and possible future developments. (JM)

Tge Congressional Research Service finds that the Supreme Court has been groping for a standard doctrine to resolve children's rights cases. For the most part, however, its decisions are still best analyzed in terms of the underlying right claimed, such as parental primacy, first amendment rights, due process, and privacy. (Author/GC)