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American Council of Education Claims Ending Racial Preferences in College Admissions Would Chill Speech

Do First Amendment claims about racial preferences hold water?

Reason

Google, Apple back affirmative action in Harvard case

Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Meta Platforms Inc. and Apple Inc. are among nearly 70 companies filing a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of affirmative action programs being challenged at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.

Tribune News Service

Don trumps Ron: DeSantis is no dirtbag

Sorry, Republican elites, but a stiff-necked Bible bully who graduated both Yale and Harvard can't win Trump's base

Salon

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Jon Stewart schools Ted Cruz after senator votes against burn pits bill

‘This isn’t a game. Real people’s lives hang in the balance…people that fought for your life’, Stewart says

The Independent UK

Who are the eight economists who decide when the US is in a recession?

The US Commerce Department on Thursday announced that the country’s gross domestic product had fallen for the second consecutive quarter, although President Joe Biden said the economic data overall “doesn’t sound like a recession”. In most countries, two successive quarters of GDP decline qualify as a recession – but not…

France 24

From Tim Winton to Michael Robotham and Sarah Krasnostein, celebrated writers share their favourite re-reads

Miles Franklin winner Tim Winton, crime writer Michael Robotham, non-fiction author Sarah Krasnostein and others share the books they re-read for inspiration, comfort and insight.

ABC News

Julian Nava, trailblazing LA politician and US ambassador, dies at 95

LOS ANGELES — In the spring of 1980, Julian Nava found himself about to become a pioneer again.

Los Angeles Times

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How much exercise is best? Double the recommended amount

New analysis from Harvard University finds that working out longer, but not harder is more effective at reducing the risk of death.

The New Daily

Honor Society review – a sharp, surprisingly dark high school comedy

The Paramount Plus film about a high school girl singularly obsessed with getting into Harvard is an enjoyably fanged journey through senior year

The Guardian - US

Items taken from Wounded Knee massacre victims reveal monumental task of returning Native American artefacts to their rightful owners

Moccasins, necklaces and ceremonial pipes are carefully laid out as a photographer dutifully snaps pictures under bright studio lights, but it's a key step in a long and painful process for Native Americans.

ABC News

BJ Novak says being a Harvard graduate is ‘the worst thing to have’ on a comedy resume, sparking debate

“Comedy is an underdog profession,” Novak explained in a recent interview

The Independent UK

Harvard urges Supreme Court to preserve affirmative action in college admissions

Harvard urged the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve affirmative action in college admissions, calling it necessary to ensure a diverse student body.

Tribune News Service

LOCALIZE IT: Ideas for coverage of young adult migration

Did young adults who came of age in the 21st century stay put in the communities they grew up in, or did they move away? If they moved, where did they go to, and did the prospect of higher wages elsewhere motivate them?

The Independent UK

Study: Millennials didn't stray far from where they grew up

It turns out millennials haven't strayed very far from the areas where they grew up

The Independent UK

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Bernard Benedict James, aerospace engineer and Black WWII veteran, dies at 101

LOS ANGELES — Bernard Benedict James sat his young children down in the family living room decades ago in their La Mirada home, where he’d written a set of math equations on a blackboard.

Reason

For the First Time, Supreme Court Splits 5-4 Along Gender Lines

The Court denied the Biden's request for a stay of a lower court injunction against new immigration enforcement guidelines.

The Guardian - UK

Emerald heart: a guide to Ireland’s six national parks

Fringing remote islands and the wild Atlantic coast, steeped in legend and home to exotic flora, these protected areas are a hiker’s paradise

AFP

After gripping Capitol riot hearings -- will Trump be indicted?

Washington (AFP) - Should Donald Trump be prosecuted for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 US election?

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The Independent UK

Supreme Court move allows Jackson to take part in race case

The Supreme Court has taken a step that will allow new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the court, to take part in a case that could lead to the end of the use of race in college admissions

Chicago Tribune

Blackhawks form partnership with Sac and Fox Nation that includes language preservation and scholarships — but name concerns still linger

CHICAGO — Robert Williamson didn’t know what to make of the Chicago Blackhawks at first.

Los Angeles Times

'It' producer Dan Lin sets up creator accelerator for racial equity in Hollywood

LOS ANGELES — In the late 1990s, Dan Lin was a 25-year-old Harvard MBA student with no Hollywood connections when he joined Warner Bros. as an intern under film executive Lorenzo DiBonaventura.

The Guardian - US

Biden must cancel all student loan debt, including for those with graduate degrees

Politicians argue that canceling student debt will mainly benefit doctors and lawyers. But it is first-generation graduates of color who are struggling to make payments

Asharq Al-Awsat

CRISPR, 10 Years On: Learning to Rewrite the Code of Life

Ten years ago this week, Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues published the results of a test-tube experiment on bacterial genes. When the study came out in the journal Science on June 28, 2012, it did not make headline news. In fact, over the next few weeks, it did not make…

ABC News

World debating champion Bo Seo believes in the power of disagreement — and good arguments

Bo Seo is an expert in how to argue — and believes the same techniques that work on the debating stage can also help in settings as varied as work and personal relationships.

The Independent UK

Retired Justice Stephen Breyer joining Harvard law faculty

Retired Justice Stephen Breyer is getting a different title: professor

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