On many campuses, officials hoped the focus on economic diversity would preserve racial diversity — Black, Hispanic and ...

A thought-provoking article explores the struggles of white working-class men in America and the need for a comprehensive approach to fixing poverty.

With pending federal lawsuits and a new conservative majority on the United States Supreme Court, the future of affirmative action in college admissions is as tenuous now as any time since 1978.

Affirmative action is a hot topic for businesses. Since the 2023 US Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard University and University of North Carolina, which held that ...

Trump ends affirmative action: DEI staff placed on leave, contracts reviewed for anti-DEI compliance. Federal programs impacted: Cuts to DEI training, equity initiatives, and minority support.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that college admission policies that consider race as a factor violate the Constitution, bringing an end to affirmative action in a decision that is likely to ...

Since 1964, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act has made discrimination based on race illegal ‒ full stop. And that protection ...

The demise of the old version of affirmative action is likely to affect some of its previous beneficiaries much more than others. By David Leonhardt Two economists — Ran Abramitzky of Stanford and ...

The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action in college admissions has raised questions about the implications for K-12 schools. The ruling reversed 45 years of legal ...

President Donald Trump announced that all federal DEI employees would be placed on paid leave Wednesday. The sweeping executive order rolls back legislation dating back to the 1960s. It's part of the ...

President Donald Trump’s assault on what he broadly calls DEI has been slapdash and sadistic. That doesn’t mean the system under attack should be maintained. Racial preferencing in university ...