The Latest Breaking News from Affirmative Action

India will conduct its first official caste census since independence, the government announced on Wednesday, a move likely to have far-reaching consequences for its politics and contentious affirmative action policies.

After the murder of George Floyd, many companies turned to diversity initiatives that weren’t actually designed to bring change. That’s why they’re dropping them as quickly as they created them

The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission to the service academy

In 2020, American businesses responded to an unprecedented wave of racial justice protests with an equally unprecedented surge in corporate commitments. Even as President Donald Trump was calling protesters “terrorists,” companies in industries across the U.S. pledged donations, launched diversity initiatives and issued statements in support of equity and inclusion.

Supporters say diversity initiatives close educational and income gaps born from a history of prejudice. Republican officials say they prioritize identity over merit.

Dean Treanor is right to assert Georgetown's First Amendment right to "teach DEI" in the face of Trump Administration threats.

The final post in my serial blogging on whether private universities can use a Boy Scouts expressive association theory to have race-based affirmative action.

Continuing my serial blogging on whether private universities can use a Boy Scouts expressive association theory to have race-based affirmative action.

Continuing my serial blogging on whether private universities can use a Boy Scouts expressive association theory to have race-based affirmative action.

Maybe some universities can continue to do race-based affirmative action, even after SFFA v. Harvard.

New York Times columnist and linguist John McWhorter discusses the rise and fall of "woke," DEI and affirmative action, and his new book on the history of pronouns.