The Dark Cloud the Supreme Court Just Cast Over Affirmative Action

by Victor Goode on February 22 2012, 10:40AM

The Roberts court is uniquely hostile to affirmative action. And now that it has agreed to review a challenge to the University of Texas’s admissions program, all bets may be off for affirmative action in higher education.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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Ward Connerly Joins UC Berkeley’s Republican ‘Diversity Bake Sale’

by Jorge Rivas on September 27 2011, 4:16PM

Ward Connerly, a former UC Regent and a national driving force of ending affirmative action, joins UC Berkeley’s College Republicans’ ‘Diversity Bakesale.’

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UC Berkeley College Republicans Hold ‘Diversity Bake Sale’, Mock Race

by Jorge Rivas on September 26 2011, 11:07AM

The sale is set to include baked goods that are priced according to the buyer’s race. White men pay more, Native Americans pay the least.

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Mike Tomlin’s Super Bowl Return Is Proof Affirmative Action Works

by Dexter Rogers on February 3 2011, 10:00AM

Critics want the NFL to end its effort to hire more coaches of color, just as it’s starting to work.

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Prop 107: The Latest Chapter in Arizona’s Right Wing Takeover

by Julianne Hing on November 10 2010, 5:07PM

Thought SB 1070 was bad? Check out the state’s new affirmative action ban. And there’s more to come.

Topics: 2010 Elections, Politics

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Jim Webb’s Anti-Immigrant Rant

by Jamilah King on July 26 2010, 6:50PM

More dumb talk about race. What a month we’re having!

Topics: Politics

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Supreme Court Keeps Firefighters’ Civil Rights Claim Alive

by Michelle Chen on May 25 2010, 10:02AM

Once again, a city fire department is in the hot seat for employment discrimination and prompting the Supreme Court to set crucial precedents for civil rights law. This time, thousands of Black firefighters in Chicago got the green light…

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Looking Beyond the Supreme Court on Voting Rights

by Dom Apollon on April 29 2009, 10:56AM

As you may have heard, lawyers on opposing sides of a slew of critical civil rights cases have been arguing before the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court lately. Last week our nation’s closely-split high court heard what they call…

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Refocusing the lens on AAPI communities

by Michelle Chen on March 10 2009, 3:30PM

Waves of job cuts and foreclosures make it clear that not all boats rise or sink together, even when weathering the same storm. The Economic Policy Institute has analyzed the ups and downs of one group famous for striving toward…

Topics: Economy, Immigration

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Mixed Election Results on Affirmative Action

by Sonia Pena on November 6 2008, 1:31PM

by Sonia Peña Although this country just elected its first Black President, ballot measures to ban affirmative action such as those in Colorado and Nebraska will continue to put issues of race up front. Join our allies at the Equal…

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Ward Connerly Makes Millions Opposing Affirmative Action

by Jonathan Adams on September 26 2008, 9:43AM

Follow the Money behind Ward Connerly’s corrupt anti-affirmative action campaign. UPDATE: Check out this website monitoring Ward Connerly’s profiteering. From HuffPo: Ward Connerly Cashes In: Profiteering exposed by…The American Conservative! By Kristina Wilfore Ward Connerly, the California lobbyist who…

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Connerly Loses Arizona

by Daisy Hernandez on August 22 2008, 3:17PM

”> If you’re having a bad race day, here’s your moment to feel that something is right in the world. Ward Connerly and his group, the American Civil Rights Institute, targeted several states this year to put anti-affirmative action legislation…

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Racial preference in schools

by Samhita Mukhopadhyay on August 1 2007, 8:53PM

It was a sad day last month when the Supreme Court decided that segregation in schools was OK and when the ignorant Justice Roberts declared that “if we want to stop discrimination based on race, than we should stop discrimination…

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Too Sense Calls out Bush’s Affirmative Action

by The News on June 12 2007, 8:40AM

Based on a Washington Post article, “Immigration Judges Often Picked Based On GOP,” Too Sense argues why Bush is breaking the law and practicing his own brand of renegade affirmative action. Too Sense reported: While conservatives often oppose Affirmative Action…

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South African Affirmative Action Talking Points

by Malena Amusa on May 16 2007, 7:30AM

I’ve been closely following South Africa’s affirmative action debates that have galvanized that country in recent years and months. Like America, South Africa has the power to define and set global precedents on racial justice advancement due to its history…

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