Affirmative Action

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December 9, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging California's voter-approved ban on affirmative action in…
November 3, 2010
The topic of affirmative action has become somewhat taboo...
August 18, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - The concept is deeply rooted in the idea of race in the context of power and privilege…
July 27, 2010
The head of the Virginia Conference of the NAACP lashed out at Sen. James Webb (D-Va.) Monday, three days after…
July 26, 2010
OPINION - This must be a misprint I thought -- no sitting Democratic U.S. Senator with a black population of…
July 23, 2010
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Jim Webb wrote an op-ed column that said a 'plethora of government-enforced diversity policies have marginalized…
May 14, 2010
OPINION - If Kagan didn't have the courage to stand up against injustice at Harvard Law School, what makes us…
May 13, 2010
OPINION - My story is but one example of Elena Kagan's efforts to diversify Harvard's faculty...
May 10, 2010
OPINION - During her six year tenure as dean of Harvard University Law School, Kagan had an abominable record on…
February 18, 2010
African-Americans have been met with numerous road blocks to freedom but have nonetheless held firm that the US Constitution guarantees…
February 17, 2010
CALIFORNIA (AP) - The federal court suit was brought by the Michigan-based, pro-affirmative action group By Any Means Necessary...
January 18, 2010
VIDEO - Amos Williams, a retired Detroit police lieutenant, trial lawyer, and Vietnam veteran, explains why he believes affirmative action…
December 14, 2009
OPINION - The hiring of three black college football head coaches this past week suggests that the efforts of lobbyists…
December 11, 2009
10 firefighters, including four minorities, who took the 2003 tests but were not plaintiffs in the court case were promoted…
December 9, 2009
OPINION - Does the NBA need white players so badly that it is to ignore standards and let them in…
July 17, 2009
On Thursday’s edition of The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC pundit Pat Buchanan and host Maddow came head to head on
February 2, 2009
A study was conducted by two communications professors at the University of Massachusetts, Sut Jhally and Justin Lewis. The professors