African-Americans have been horribly mistreated in America. The nation’s ideals have been right — liberty and equality under the law for all — but with centuries of slavery and Jim Crow, the country ...
While reading about the challenged University of Michigan affirmative action policy that reached the U.S. Supreme Court last week, I thought of a night several years ago when I was in front of the TV ...
It’s enraging to see my Asian peers celebrating the Supreme Court’s June 29 ruling, which deemed affirmative action as discriminatory. Attending a predominantly Asian high school, I was disheartened ...
In this week's column, we examine law school leaders' fears that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision invalidating affirmative action in higher education could lead to demoralization among ...
Guest Columnist Surayya Walters reflects on her journey to Penn and the Supreme Court verdict ending affirmative action. Credit: Mollie Benn Shock is an understatement. Disgust, maybe confusion. Since ...
Following the Supreme Court decision finding preferential treatment, i.e., affirmative action, in college admissions unconstitutional, the president of Harvard issued a statement to “Members of the ...
President Donald Trump’s assault on what he broadly calls DEI has been slapdash and sadistic. That doesn’t mean the system under attack should be maintained. Racial preferencing in university ...
Between bombshell op-eds and a federal court case on college admissions, race-based affirmative action is back in the pundits' spotlight. Earlier this week, Peter Beinart joined Ross Douthat in ...
The recent ruling ending affirmative action in college admissions may have negative implications for our nation, especially in K-12 (“Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action in College Admissions in ...
Right now the Supreme Court holds the fate of affirmative action in its hands, and things don’t look good. Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin pits a school that believes affirmative action and ...
Richard D. Kahlenberg has long argued for colleges to weigh socioeconomic status to promote diversity. His position is more relevant than ever. By James Traub James Traub is the author, most recently, ...