Wal-Mart V. Dukes Ruling Is out of Sync with 21st-Century Sex Discrimination

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In Wal-Mart v. Dukes, the Supreme Court set a dangerous precedent when it ruled that the women in the class action suit could not prove a common culture of sex discrimination. But sexism is no longer written in official policy. It's engrained in culture.

The Supreme Court's ruling in favor of "the world's biggest boss," as GritTV's Laura Flanders put it, in the Wal-Mart v. Dukes sex discrimination class action lawsuit this week is a major blow to working women across America. And perhaps even more important, it's a sign that some of the esteemed judges on our nation's highest court need a primer in how contemporary discrimination functions.

The court decided 5-4 …