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Affirmative Action
August 2, 2017
Sarah Jones
Jeff “I’m not a racist” Sessions is now going after affirmative action.
May 23, 2017
Scott Lemieux
Why Clarence Thomas’s Rulings on Race Are so Idiosyncratic
The conservative justice this week joined the court’s four liberals in striking down two gerrymandered districts in North Carolina. How come?
February 21, 2017
Eric Kleefeld
This Republican wants to institute affirmative action—just for other Republicans.
June 23, 2016
Scott Lemieux
How Anthony Kennedy Came Around on Affirmative Action
It took a very specific set of circumstances to get the Supreme Court justice to affirm the validity of race-based college admissions.
June 23, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Affirmative action lives!
December 10, 2015
Brian Beutler
This isn’t close to the best example of Antonin Scalia’s bigotry.
December 9, 2015
David H. Gans
Will Affirmative Action Live to Fight Another Day?
At the Supreme Court, at least one justice appeared keen to send a big case about race-based admissions back down to the lower courts.
December 7, 2015
David H. Gans
Up Next at the Supreme Court: A Challenge to Equality for All Americans
A legal mastermind seeks to gut affirmative action and voting rights by rewriting the Fourteenth Amendment
February 18, 2015
Cristian Farias
Will Congress Accept Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Challenge?
September 4, 2014
Adrian Wooldridge
A True Test: In Defense of the SAT
Critics say the SAT puts minorities at a disadvantage in college admissions, but without it those groups would do even worse.
April 28, 2014
Richard D. Kahlenberg
Affirmative Action Fail: The Achievement Gap by Income Is Twice the Gap by Race
April 25, 2014
Alice Robb
How Two Inoffensive Words Became the Most Inflammatory Phrase in English
The affirmative action story
April 25, 2014
David Fontana
Sonia Sotomayor Is a National Treasure
'The Sotomayor Style' is how America should talk about fairness
April 23, 2014
Jeffrey Rosen
Liberals Should Be Happy About the Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision
April 22, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Roberts Court: States Can Ban Affirmative Action
July 18, 2013
John B. Judis
The Unlikely Triumph of an Affirmative Action Prophet
Richard Kahlenberg: Washington policy Quixote
June 26, 2013
Michael Kinsley
The Supreme Court Will Regret Wading Back Into Affirmative Action
Even more confusion ahead!
June 24, 2013
Robert Knowles
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Rachel E. VanLandingham
Affirmative, Sir! (And Ma'am!)
The U.S. military needs affirmative action now more than ever
June 24, 2013
Jeffrey Rosen
,
Michael McConnell
Debating the Court's Affirmative Action Decision
An exchange
April 18, 2013
Race-Based Affirmative Action Makes Things Worse, Not Better
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