The forces that have been defeating affirmative action programs in America’s colleges — and even a local angel investor group — seem to be headed for a new target: West Point. Last year, the U.S.

THE CLAIM: Affirmative action is the main reason why Black people enter higher education, not because of their own merit. The majority of Black students do not meet the standard academic criteria ...

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In one of his first acts as President in his second term in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 21, 2025, entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based ...

Tyler Lynn, a Spanish instructor in Southern Oregon, said he’s out $192 because a state rebate to renew teaching licenses is not available to him, a white man whose native tongue is English. So he’s ...

Dec 6 (Reuters) - A group founded by a prominent anti-affirmative action activist on Wednesday dropped its latest lawsuit challenging a major U.S. law firm's fellowship program designed to foster ...

Minority- and women-owned businesses are bracing for the end of affirmative action in federal contracting — and the potential loss of contracts worth at least $70 billion a year — as government ...

Can a class-based approach to affirmative action pick up where recently legally prohibited race-based policies left off? In theory, yes, if colleges give a substantial admissions boost to lower-income ...

This is FRESH AIR. I’m Tonya Mosley. After Claudine Gay, Harvard’s first Black president, recently resigned, conservative activist Chris Rufo posted on X, quote, “this is the beginning of the end for ...

Ohio has eliminated requirements that state contractors maintain written affirmative action programs (AAPs) and that bidders for public improvement construction projects receive affirmative action ...