THE CLAIM: Affirmative action is the main reason why Black people enter higher education, not because of their own merit. The majority of Black students do not meet the standard academic criteria ...

In one of his first acts as President in his second term in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 21, 2025, entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based ...

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In a wide-sweeping executive order, President Donald Trump has eliminated the requirement for federal contractors to maintain affirmative action programs. His order, "Ending Illegal Discrimination and ...

Tyler Lynn, a Spanish instructor at a high school in southern Oregon, is suing the state over a rebate program that covers the cost of teaching licenses for racial minorities and nonnative English ...

Can a class-based approach to affirmative action pick up where recently legally prohibited race-based policies left off? In theory, yes, if colleges give a substantial admissions boost to lower-income ...

Minority- and women-owned businesses are bracing for the end of affirmative action in federal contracting — and the potential loss of contracts worth at least $70 billion a year — as government ...

WASHINGTON ? President Bush, stepping into the most politically charged affirmative action case in a generation, asserted Wednesday that a program of racial preferences for minority applicants at the ...

When the Heritage Foundation think tank drew up an expansive presidential transition plan in anticipation of Donald Trump’s return to power, one of its chief policy goals was eliminating affirmative ...

The Arkansas House of Representatives approved legislation Thursday to end government-sponsored affirmative action programs in the state, but it will need to go back to the Senate before it goes to ...