The Supreme Court of the United States has upheld the University of Texas’ affirmative action program, which helps minority students get admitted to the university, Politico reports. Suggested Reading ...

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 U.S. Department of Justice says it is investigating Rhode Island state government and its "affirmative action policies" for potential employment discrimination. The investigation seeks to ...

(CNN) — Here is some background information about affirmative action as well as a few notable court cases. Affirmative action policies focus on improving opportunities for groups of people, like women ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is scrutinizing higher education. Last week, the White House issued a memorandum requiring all universities receiving federal funds to submit admissions data on ...

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WASHINGTON - The numbers were unprecedented. Before last week's Supreme Court hearing on the University of Michigan's affirmative action admissions policy, about 300 organizations, including five ...

The House Committee on State Agencies approved a bill Wednesday that would end affirmative action programs in Arkansas, sending the legislation to the House floor. The committee passed the bill on a ...

President Donald Trump announced that all federal DEI employees would be placed on paid leave Wednesday. The sweeping executive order rolls back legislation dating back to the 1960s. It's part of the ...

Just after Donald Trump was elected, Columbia professor Mark Lilla infuriated a lot of people with a lengthy New York Times op-ed in which he said that identity politics had doomed the Democratic ...