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How Colleges Admissions Might Diversify Without Affirmative Action

By: Stephanie Saul — July 3rd 2023 at 21:49
To build a diverse class of students, the medical school at U.C. Davis ranks applicants by the disadvantages they have faced. Can it work nationally?
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One Black Family, One Affirmative Action Ruling, and Lots of Thoughts

By: Audra D. S. Burch — July 2nd 2023 at 20:16
The Supreme Court ruling is just the latest version of a question that the Whitehead family — and the nation — has been grappling with for years: How to deal with the legacy of slavery?
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The ‘Unseen’ Students in the Affirmative Action Debate

By: Sarah Mervosh and Troy Closson — July 1st 2023 at 09:00
Race-conscious admissions helped only a tiny fraction of Black and Hispanic students. It could not address the many obstacles to a college degree.
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Affirmative Action Shaped Their Lives. Now, They Reckon With Its Legacy.

By: Amy Harmon — June 21st 2023 at 20:17
Black and Hispanic college graduates, whose lives were directly shaped by race-conscious college admissions, have complicated thoughts about the expected Supreme Court decision.

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Why Did California Voters Reject Affirmative Action With Proposition 16?

By: Michael Powell and Ilana Marcus — June 11th 2023 at 07:00
The Supreme Court will soon rule on race-conscious college admissions, a core Democratic issue. But an analysis of a California referendum points to a divide between the party and voters.

Voters outside the Alameda County Courthouse casting their ballots in the 2020 election in Oakland, Calif.
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Elite Virginia High School’s Admissions Policy Does Not Discriminate, Court Rules

By: Stephanie Saul — May 23rd 2023 at 22:34
Parents had objected to Thomas Jefferson High School in Virginia changing its admissions policies, including getting rid of an exam. The case appears headed for the Supreme Court.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va.
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In Howard Address, Biden Warns of ‘Sinister Forces’ Trying to Reverse Racial Progress

By: Peter Baker and Zolan Kanno-Youngs — May 13th 2023 at 20:46
The president’s commencement address at Howard University, a historically Black institution, came as Democratic strategists have expressed concerns about muted enthusiasm for Mr. Biden among Black voters.

“Fearless progress toward justice often meets ferocious pushback from the oldest and most sinister of forces,” President Biden told Howard University’s graduating class.
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Taking Social Security, Paying Student Debt: Financial Planners Weigh In

By: Elizabeth Harris — April 6th 2023 at 20:56
Readers sent some of their most urgent financial queries, asking about issues like Social Security and student loan debt. Financial planners offered ideas.
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Florida Will Review Social Studies Textbooks for ‘Prohibited Topics’

By: Sarah Mervosh — March 20th 2023 at 16:07
Behind the scenes, one publisher went to great lengths to avoid mentions of race, even in the story of Rosa Parks.

A current first grade history lesson in use in Florida.
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UPenn Accuses a Professor of Racist Statements. Should She Be Fired?

By: Vimal Patel — March 24th 2023 at 12:32
Amy Wax and free speech groups say the university is trampling on her academic freedom. Students ask whether her speech deserves to be protected.

The University of Pennsylvania law school has been roiled by the statements of a law professor.
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UPenn Accuses a Professor of Racist Statements. Should She Be Fired?

By: Vimal Patel — March 13th 2023 at 07:00
Amy Wax and free speech groups say the university is trampling on her academic freedom. Students ask whether her speech deserves to be protected.
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School District Sued Over Handling of Student’s Pledge of Allegiance Protest

By: Amanda Holpuch — March 11th 2023 at 22:13
A South Carolina high school teacher shoved a student against a wall after the teenager refused to stop for the pledge on her way to class, according to a federal lawsuit.
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School District Sued Over Handling of Student’s Pledge of Allegiance Protest

By: Amanda Holpuch — March 11th 2023 at 22:13
A South Carolina high school teacher shoved a student against a wall after the teenager refused to stop for the pledge on her way to class, according to a federal lawsuit.

Marissa Barnwell’s parents said that they filed a federal lawsuit over how school officials handled their daughter’s refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
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The Other Children in the DeSantis Culture War

By: Charles M. Blow — March 9th 2023 at 00:00
Ron DeSantis’s censorship craze centers the feelings of white children. But what about children searching for a history that includes them?
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Who’s Afraid of Black History?

By: Henry Louis Gates Jr. — February 21st 2023 at 01:38
Ron DeSantis should be careful of the company he keeps.

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DeSantis May Have Been Right

By: John McWhorter — February 18th 2023 at 03:02
The College Board amended its original plan for an A.P. African American studies course. It was probably for the best.

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Who’s Afraid of Black History?

By: Henry Louis Gates Jr. — February 18th 2023 at 19:21
Ron DeSantis should be careful of the company he keeps.
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DeSantis May Have Been Right

By: John McWhorter — February 17th 2023 at 14:53
The College Board amended its original plan for an A.P. African American studies course. It was probably for the best.
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Gov. Murphy Knocks DeSantis and Expands African American Studies

By: Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura — February 15th 2023 at 23:20
In expanding the course, which Florida recently banned, New Jersey entered a conflict over how schools should address race and racism in classrooms.
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The College Board’s Rocky Path, Through Florida, to the A.P. Black Studies Course

By: Anemona Hartocollis · Dana Goldstein and Stephanie Saul — February 13th 2023 at 20:20
The nonprofit met with Governor DeSantis’s state officials, who asked whether the course was “trying to advance Black Panther thinking.”

There had long been talk about the need for an Advanced Placement course focused on the Black experience. Now in a pilot program for African American studies, Rachel Williams-Giordano instructed the students Agustina Leon Perdomo, 16, center, and Riley Ferrell, 16, at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, Mass.
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