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"Success certainly beats obscurity. I have an incredible life, and I know it" - the epic journey of Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raitt has played with everyone, from Ray Charles to Bruce Springsteen to Elton John and Aretha Franklin - and she's still winning awards

Louder

The end of affirmative action won’t change much for them, some Asian Americans say

LOS ANGELES — Cecilia Chang bluntly told her two kids: You have to try harder because of who you are.

Los Angeles Times

Why a Harvard professor thinks he may have found fragments of an alien spacecraft at the bottom of the Pacific

A daring deep sea search has found tiny pieces of a mysterious meteor that crashed to Earth in 2014. The ‘alien hunter of Harvard’ tells Bevan Hurley the discovery may be evidence of an advanced extraterrestrial civilization visiting Earth

The Independent UK

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In the Supreme Court chamber, the subject was race, the mood was somber, the criticism harsh

Chief Justice John Roberts delivered Thursday's Supreme Court ruling striking down race-based admissions in higher education

The Independent UK

Thoughts on the Supreme Court's Ruling in the Harvard and UNC Racial Preferences Cases

A preliminary assessment of today's decisions. The majority rightly struck a blow against the use of racial preferences for purposes of advancing "diversity" in education. But there are some flaws in its reasoning.

Reason

Of Course Legacy Admissions Should Follow Affirmative Action to the Grave

There is no reason for public universities to grant preferential treatment to the scions of their alumni.

Reason

Supreme Court on Affirmative Action: 'Eliminating Racial Discrimination Means Eliminating All of It'

In a 6–3 decision, the Court ruled that race-based affirmative action in college admissions violates the 14th Amendment.

Reason

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Supreme Court strikes down race-based affirmative action in college admissions

WASHINGTON — In another major reversal, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action policies at colleges and universities that use race as a factor in deciding who is admitted.

Los Angeles Times

Why the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action matters

Only a small portion of U.S. colleges have selective admissions, where race-conscious admissions can make a difference in who gets in. But the impacts of banning affirmative action are far wider.

WEKU

How to avoid America's misinformation mistakes

A Harvard University expert on misinformation and disinformation says the Government shouldn't shy away from regulating big tech companies which currently act with impunity.

Newsroom.co.nz

KBJ torches affirmative action ruling

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

Salon

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.

Tribune News Service

Read the Supreme Court decision reversing decades of precedent on affirmative action

The Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admissions are unconstitutional in a pair of cases involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Read the full opinion.

WEKU

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.”

Chicago Sun-Times

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Reason

The Unsurprising Affirmative Action Decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard

The Court's core ruling is unsurprising, but its future effects are uncertain.

Los Angeles Times

‘We’re really worried.’ What do colleges do now after affirmative action ruling?

The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision Thursday striking down affirmative action has intensified angst among many higher-education leaders who say extending access to a diversity of students could become a challenging, high-cost and labor-intensive effort steeped in uncertainties.

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.

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.

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Tribune News Service

Can colleges admit racially diverse classes without affirmative action?

DALLAS -- College administrators are reevaluating how they can admit racially diverse classes, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled colleges are no longer allowed to consider race in the admissions process.

The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions

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Evening Standard

US Supreme court rules against affirmative action in college admissions

Court overturns plans allowing colleges to consider applicant’s race during admissions process

France 24

US Supreme Court rules against race-conscious university admissions

The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.

The Texas Tribune

UT-Austin only Texas public university affected by Supreme Court’s ending use of race in admissions

No other public universities use race as a factor, but Texas private schools like Rice and Southern Methodist University will be impacted.

Al Jazeera

US top court bans colleges from considering race in admissions

US Supreme Court sides with groups arguing that race-conscious admissions programmes discriminate against some students.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action, banning colleges from factoring race in admissions

In a 6 -3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled higher education institutions may not consider race as a factor in admissions

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