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A lot of what you’ve heard about affirmative action is wrong

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down affirmative action in college admissions is certain to ripple across higher education for years. Debate in the lead-up to the court’s decision has ignited passions about accessibility, fairness and merit in the complex admissions process — and stirred up some misconceptions about affirmative…

Los Angeles Times

Key quotes from Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling: No to race, yes to discrimination victims

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s opinion about affirmative action rejects the use of race as an admissions factor at colleges and universities.

Los Angeles Times

Prosecutors are prepared to hit Trump and his allies with new charges, sources say

Prosecutors could bring between 30 to 45 additional criminal charges against the former president in the coming weeks, The Independent has learned

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Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling ‘an attack on people of color,’ Illinois education leaders say

The 6-3 decision by the high court’s conservative majority “will make it more difficult for Northwestern to achieve one of our imperatives — the promotion of diversity, inclusion and belonging on our campuses,” University President Michael Schill said.

Chicago Sun-Times

GOP had evidence disproving Biden bribery claims in 2019, top Democrat says

Republicans have had evidence debunking their own bribery allegations against Mr Biden since 2019

The Independent UK

Christie rips Trump's donation "grift"

"He's the richest candidate in this race, yet he is using public money to pay his legal fees. He should be ashamed"

Salon

Republicans expand their Hunter Biden investigation by seeking an interview with the lead prosecutor

House Republicans are requesting voluntary testimony from nearly a dozen Justice Department officials involved in the investigation of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter

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DeSantis mocked for apparently photoshopped resurfaced campaign photo

‘Oh dear here’s man of integrity meatball Ron standing with his wife in a studio in front of a beach poster’

The Independent UK

Robert F Kennedy Jr deletes campaign photo after Russia details spotted

His replacement photo was also not from the US

The Independent UK

Biden condemns Supreme Court striking down affirmative action: ‘This is not a normal court’

President Biden strongly disagreed with the Court’s decision saying, ‘We cannot let this decision be the last word’

The Independent UK

Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95

Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died

The Independent UK

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivers searing civil rights lesson in dissent to affirmative action ruling

Her rebuke condemns conservative majority’s ‘let-them-eat-cake obliviousness’ to legacy of racism

The Independent UK

Affirmative action's rejection will impact school diversity

The Supreme Court's ruling deems that diversity is no longer a compelling interest for university admission.

Axios

Editorial: Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban is a catastrophic blow to the American dream

The Supreme Court‘s decision Thursday blocking higher educational institutions from using affirmative action policies when considering student applications will have catastrophic effects at a time when the nation is still grappling with generations of racism.

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Daily Mirror

Joe Biden slams Supreme Court in fiery speech dispelling myths about affirmative action

America's colleges and universities can no longer weigh race and gender when considering a student's eligibility for enrollment after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action on Thursday

Salon

KBJ torches affirmative action ruling

The “visibly angry” justice said Thomas “ignites too many straw men to list”

Orlando Sentinel

Fla. teachers unions work to increase membership as new law kicks in

Florida’s teachers unions, running an “I’m sticking with my union” campaign, are working this summer to overcome the hurdles of a new state law they argue is unfair and unconstitutional.

Tribune News Service

Noah Feldman: Affirmative action is radical Supreme Court's latest casualty

Affirmative action died Thursday at the hands of the Supreme Court’s conservative constitutional revolution. In a 6-3 decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court overturned nearly 50 years of precedent and held that it’s unconstitutional for universities to take account of racial diversity in their admissions.

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Biden gives emphatic response to question about troubling Hunter text

President’s son faces several criminal charges, but whistleblower has alleged DoJ held back on further counts

Chicago Sun-Times

Obamas disagree with Supreme Court affirmative action ruling

The former president said “affirmative action wasn’t perfect. But it allowed generations of students like Michelle and me to prove we belonged.”

Axios

What Trump, DeSantis and other 2024 candidates said about SCOTUS affirmative action decision

The court ruled 6-3 against the admissions processes at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.

Daily Mirror

Affirmative action in universities officially ENDED by Supreme Court in landmark decision

The landmark decision overturns long-standing precedent that has benefitted Black and Latino students in higher education

The Independent UK

DeSantis accused of breaking the law with Texas border trip

‘His campaign has to reimburse the state of Texas for the cost, or else he’s received an unreported and likely excessive in-kind contribution’

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Supreme Court ends race-conscious college admissions. How will it change California education?

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday said universities and colleges could no longer use a form of race-conscious admissions, rejecting a decades-old precedent in affirmative action policy.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Largely ignored by Congress, DeSantis woos state lawmakers to help lift his campaign

Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign has the formal backing of five U.S. representatives, one governor, and exactly zero U.S. senators — a grand total of six endorsements from the nation’s top elected officials.

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