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.

This special series focuses on important community issues, innovative solutions to societal challenges, and people and non-profit groups making an impact through technology. by Lisa Stiffler on Jul 19 ...

Students at the University of California’s elite Berkeley campus. Berkeley and UCLA saw a 40 percent drop in Black and Latino student enrollment following the passage in 1996 of Proposition 209, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since the Supreme Court recently struck down affirmative action in college admissions, many employers wonder how this decision will impact workplace Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) programs. In ...

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 ...

For Briana Jones, a young Black mother in San Francisco, a city program called the Abundant Birth Project has been a godsend. This story also ran on The 19th. It can be republished for free. Designed ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Rice University president Reginald DesRoches launched his career as a civil engineer–turned ...

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 ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. It’s been nearly two months since the Supreme Court ...