The Latest Breaking News from Affirmative Action

US Supreme Court hears arguments in affirmative action case

The court has upheld the use of race-conscious admissions in the past, but has moved to the right in the years since.

Al Jazeera · Oct 31, 2022

California banned affirmative action in 1996. Inside the UC struggle for diversity

For nearly half a century, the University of California has been at the center of national debates over affirmative action and who is entitled to coveted seats in the premier public higher education system.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 31, 2022

The Arbitrariness of Racial Classifications Gets Attention as SCOTUS Considers Affirmative Action

I did not time my book on racial classifications to coincide with litigation over affirmative action. Indeed, the book is not about affirmative action, and much of the book has nothing directly to do with it. Of course, though, it turns out that you can't talk about the post-World War…

Reason · Oct 31, 2022

Affirmative action is at death's door at the Supreme Court

The campaign to end the practice has been long and well-funded.

Axios · Oct 30, 2022

From Bakke to Fisher, evolution of affirmative action cases

When the Supreme Court takes up the issue of affirmative action again Monday, it'll be for the second time in six years

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2022

US students on why affirmative action is crucial: ‘They need our voices’

Harvard and UNC attendees address how applicants’ backgrounds shape their lives as supreme court hears case

The Guardian - US · Oct 30, 2022

Ivy-educated Thomas and Sotomayor divide on affirmative action

Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas overcame humble beginnings and racial discrimination before earning elite educations, but they bring very different views about race-conscious college admissions to the Supreme Court as it weighs affirmative action challenges.

Tribune News Service · Oct 29, 2022

Affirmative action under threat as high court hears UNC case

The University of North Carolina was once a bastion of segregation

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2022

Race in college admissions is back in front of the Supreme Court. Here's what to know

The court will hear two cases challenging the constitutionality of race-conscious admissions at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

WEKU · Oct 29, 2022

Justice Barrett and Affirmative Action

In Grutter v. Bollinger (2003), Justice O'Connor wrote, "We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary." I never took this sentence--or really anything Justice O'Connor wrote--very seriously. And even if she was serious about that point, no one who joined her…

Reason · Oct 27, 2022