Affirmative Action

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November 7, 2022
Trump’s lawyers viewed Thomas as key to helping overturn the election — further proof that he needs to recuse himself…
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November 4, 2022
A majority conservative Supreme Court could soon reverse affirmative action, making Black and other minority students vulnerable to discriminatory admission
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November 3, 2022
As the SCOTUS hears arguments that may end of affirmative action, here's a look at how America created a perpetual…
edward blum -- Black women business grants
November 1, 2022
Blum has devoted his life to fighting and destroying racially conscious laws meant to even the playing field.
October 31, 2022
The justices were hearing from six different lawyers in challenges to policies at the University of North Carolina and Harvard.
October 29, 2022
After green lighting race-conscious college admissions, the Supreme Court could restrict or outlaw their use with North Carolina case.
July 8, 2022
The Supreme Court decision to overturn the right to an abortion has caused great concern it will continue to strike…
March 24, 2022
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said that if confirmed to the Supreme Court she'd sit out an affirmative action lawsuit over…
January 24, 2022
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to the consideration of race in college admissions, adding another blockbuster case.
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January 9, 2022
The world lost a brilliant legal mind and an amazing human being when longtime Harvard professor Lani Guinier died on…
June 14, 2021
The conservative-dominated Supreme Court is considering adding a blockbuster issue, whether to ban consideration of race in college admissions.
January 19, 2021
The 1776 Commission's report defends slavery and describes affirmative action as 'more discrimination' and 'the opposite of King's hope.'
November 12, 2020
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling clearing Harvard University of discrimination against Asian American applicants.
October 1, 2020
California is voting on whether to allow affirmative action in public hiring, contracting and college admissions.
September 17, 2020
A panel of appeals court judges challenged the legal claims of a group that accuses Harvard University of discrimination against…
August 23, 2020
The new study concluded that Black and Latino students at University of California campuses saw declining enrollment and graduation rates.
August 14, 2020
The Department of Justice declared that Yale University’s admissions process is discriminatory against white and Asian American applicants.
University of Texas theGrio.com
July 23, 2020
The Students for Fair Admissions filed a lawsuit on behalf of two white students claiming the University of Texas did…
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March 26, 2020
Woody Allen explains why many of his movies don't feature people of color and insists affirmative action does not factor…
Harvard University campus TheGrio
October 23, 2018
Holistic admissions is a comprehensive process where more than one reviewer considers factors beyond academic merit, including but not limited…