Affirmative Action

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February 14, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Backers of affirmative action asked a federal appeals court Monday to overturn California's 15-year-old ban on…
January 25, 2012
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A group of about two dozen Duke University students urged administrators Tuesday to create a better…
January 18, 2012
WASHINGTON - Ward Connerly, the black businessman who has been the face of the movement to end affirmative action for…
January 18, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A Duke University study that explores the performance of "low performing" black students has set off a…
September 28, 2011
OPINION - The controversy that has erupted on UC Berkley's campus, and spread to a few others is a symptom…
September 26, 2011
During the sale, scheduled for Tuesday, baked goods will be sold to white men for $2.00, Asian men for $1.50,…
July 29, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says he'll meet a Friday deadline to ask an entire appeals court…
July 5, 2011
OPINION - Are African-Americans, Latinos and other racial minorities unduly hurt by the referendum process, when the public policy is…
July 1, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - A federal appeals court on Friday struck down Michigan's ban on the consideration of race and gender…
May 10, 2011
"Apparently he doesn't like educated African-Americans very much," Kevin Allen, a final four contestant on the series' second season, said…
May 2, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - State Rep. Sally Kern delivered a tearful apology on the House floor Monday, then voted for…
April 29, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Rep. Sally Kern, of Oklahoma City, said Thursday she was sorry for remarks she made on…
April 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Sally Kern is known for ruffling a few feathers with her politically incorrect statements...
April 28, 2011
OPINION - We cannot grow stronger, richer and faster as a nation if we continue on this course of hate…
April 27, 2011
OPINION - Demanding that the president produce his college transcript, like demanding that he show his birth certificate, is an…
March 9, 2011
OPINION - An interesting study was released suggesting that white opposition to heath care may be racially motivated...
February 28, 2011
OPINION - A white-male-only scholarship is a tacky, demeaning and overly simplistic way to discuss issues of race, inequality and…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - With a Harvard MBA and management experience at Disney and the NBA, Rice founded Management Leadership for…
December 17, 2010
OPINION - Meeks is dead wrong to think that blacks are the only minorities, and the only people facing discrimination.…
December 16, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - Rev. James Meeks made the controversial statement on city contracts as he campaigned for education reform on…