The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that new haven, Conn., violated 20 white and Hispanic firefighters’ rights by scrapping a promotions test that few black candidates passed leaves city officials in a ...

Part I. From Kennedy to Reagan -- Affirmative action before Kennedy -- Kennedy and Johnson -- Affirmative action spreads-and mutates -- Nixon and the Philadelphia plan -- Prejudice persists, ...

In recent decades, diversity, equity and inclusion have emerged as core values of many higher education institutions, including at Duke. But as the Trump administration cracks down on DEI — making ...

Should Arkansas end state agency affirmative action programs like those that seek to recruit black teachers to serve in the Delta? The Arkansas House of Representatives will decide. The Senate has ...

Editor's note: This blog was updated in April 2023. This term, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide on two cases concerning affirmative action brought by the conservative activist group Students ...