Affirmative Action

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November 16, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - On Thursday, a federal appeals court threw out Michigan's controversial voter-approved ban on affirmative action in college…
October 14, 2012
OPINION - What were some of the best opinion articles from around the web that you might have missed?...
October 10, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Supreme Court justices sharply questioned the University of Texas' use of race in college admissions Wednesday…
October 10, 2012
OPINION - Today, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments in a case that challenges the legal…
October 9, 2012
ANALYSIS - Many Democrats oppose the practice, and some of the key liberal voices in the country are lukewarm about…
October 9, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nine years after the Supreme Court said colleges and universities can use race in their quest for…
October 3, 2012
(AP) - As the Supreme Court revisits the use of race in college admissions next week, critics of affirmative action…
October 1, 2012
NBC NEWS - The U.S. Supreme Court term that begins Monday promises to be one of the most important for…
August 17, 2012
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The National Association of Basketball Coaches has told the U.S. Supreme Court it believes university…
August 14, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Obama and his administration have taken a strong stand in favor of race-based affirmative action this week,…
August 14, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration on Monday threw its support behind the University of Texas' use of race as…
July 5, 2012
OPINION - The jury is still out on Roberts, but before we consider him a new reliable swing vote or…
June 6, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney scuttled the Massachusetts government's long-standing affirmative action policies with a few strokes of his pen…
May 31, 2012
OPINION - Let’s face it: If Donald Trump were from a state south of the Mason Dixon line his birther…
May 4, 2012
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's top court has backed sweeping affirmative action programs used in more than 1,000 universities across…
April 23, 2012
BERKELEY, California (AP) - Fifteen years ago, California voters were asked: Should colleges consider a student's race when they decide…
April 6, 2012
OPINION - If a Republican wins the White House in 2012 the most significant impact he will have for an…
April 5, 2012
OPINION - For all intents and purposes, affirmative action is dead.
February 24, 2012
OPINION - The fact that most African-Americans have not benefited from affirmative action programs in university admissions and does not…
February 21, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case…