Affirmative action is a program required of federal contractors to ensure equal employment opportunity. It requires good faith efforts to achieve and maintain a workforce where protected veterans and ...

(The Root) — Now that the Supreme Court has kicked Fisher v. University of Texas, its first major affirmative action case in a decade, back to the lower court, the outcome is still up on the air. But ...

Michigan State University is ending its use of affirmative action in employment regarding race, sex, color, ethnicity and national origin to comply with an executive order signed by President Donald ...

Justice Jackson blasted the majority's "let-them-eat-cake obliviousness." The Supreme Court on Thursday set new limits on affirmative action programs in cases involving whether public and private ...

In 2023, after the Supreme Court said universities could no longer use race when considering potential students, Jason Riley watched with interest as proponents of affirmative action spoke in ...

The Trump administration moved Wednesday to dismantle one of the federal government’s largest and longest-standing affirmative action programs, siding with two White-owned contracting businesses that ...

The activist behind major challenges to race-conscious admissions is now contesting eligibility rules for a Congressional ...

At the trial of Students for Fair Admissions vs. Harvard before the United States Supreme Court in October, Justice Samuel Alito grilled Harvard's lawyer on the school's use of the "personal score." ...

Here are some newspaper stories published this week in years past. BY NICK ELLENA, STAFF WRITER A study of traffic capacity and safety improvement options along the 11-mile stretch of Highway 99 ...