The forces that have been defeating affirmative action programs in America’s colleges — and even a local angel investor group — seem to be headed for a new target: West Point. Last year, the U.S.

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 ...

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Tyler Lynn, a Spanish instructor in Southern Oregon, said he’s out $192 because a state rebate to renew teaching licenses is not available to him, a white man whose native tongue is English. So he’s ...

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 ...

Critics of an Iowa House bill targeting affirmative action, diversity programs and race-based preferences confronted ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...