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Graduates toss their caps in the air in celebration at the conclusion of the U.S. Naval Academy graduation and commissioning ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland, May 26, 2023.
BRANCHING OUT

Affirmative Action Critic Now Suing U.S. Naval Academy Too

Students for Fair Admissions recently launched a similar case against West Point.

Dan Ladden-Hall

Photo illustration of Lady Justice holding a backpack
TESTIFY

Dear College Applicant: Affirmative Action Is Gone: Discuss

Here’s how one college responded to the recent Supreme Court decision on affirmative action in college admissions.

Nicolaus Mills

A sign points the way to the Harvard College Admissions Visitors Center at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
ABOUT TIME

Department of Education Probes Harvard’s Legacy Admissions

The probe comes just weeks after a Supreme Court decision effectively killed affirmative action.

Erik Uebelacker

A photo illustration of a Vivek Ramaswamy and a street sign with Harvard and Yale.
opinion
FOR ME, NOT THEE

Vivek Ramaswamy Can Thank Affirmative Action for His Success

He’s called race-based college admissions “a cancer,” but a Soros family fellowship for children of immigrants helped him accrue wealth as a grad student.

Kali Holloway

View of Andrus Field at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
‘SIGN OF UNFAIRNESS’

Wesleyan Drops Legacy Admissions as Affirmative Action Ends

A number of prestigious schools including Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, and MIT have already ended the legacy admissions policy.

Erik Uebelacker

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‘THE TIME HAS PASSED’

Pence Thinks Racial Inequality Doesn’t Exist in Education

The former vice president expressed his support for the Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action in the university system.

Corbin Bolies

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Charles Barkley
FULL COURT PRESS

Charles Barkley Changes Will After Affirmative Action Ruling

He’s adding a condition to the $5 million he plans to leave Auburn University.

A photo composite of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
opinion
THE NEW ABNORMAL

We’ll Be Talking About Justice Jackson Dissents for Decades

This week on The New Abnormal: Many look toward Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for hope as America finds itself divided over the Supreme Court’s latest decision.

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Mike Pence was criticized for his remarks on affirmative action
MISSING THE POINT

Pence Says His Kids Prove Affirmative Action Is Unnecessary

All three of Pence’s children are white, but that didn’t stop him from using their college experience to weigh in on affirmative action.

Chris Hippensteel

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
🔥

Jackson Dismantles SCOTUS Conservatives in Withering Dissent

“Deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life,” wrote the first Black woman to serve on the court.

Josh Fiallo

An illustration that includes images of SCOTUS, Supreme Court of The United States, for an article about its affirmative action ruling.
opinion
EQUALITY

How America Fell Out of Love With Affirmative Action

For once, SCOTUS and public are in sync. A poll found 65% of the U.S.—including 57% of Latinos, and a plurality of Biden voters and Blacks—oppose race as an admissions criterion.

Lloyd Green

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