Clik here to view.
Beyond the Rhetoric: A Good Week at the Supreme Court
Harry Alford is the president and CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce. By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The latest session of the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) had the interest of Black...
View ArticleClik here to view.
U.S. Justices to Hear Race Case; One Side Has Two Voices
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will delve into a decades-old debate over university admissions policies that favor racial minorities, hearing a Michigan case that picks up where the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Supreme Court Hears Michigan Challenge to Affirmative Action
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Four months after the Supreme Court declined to invalidate affirmative action in a case brought against the University of Texas, it heard...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Appeals Court Rehears Texas Race-Admissions Case
CHRIS TOMLINSON, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court asked lawyers for the University of Texas on Wednesday to explain how they would decide when affirmative action for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Acceptance by 8 Ivies Doesn’t Remove Race Stigma
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist You would think that news of a high school student from a family of African immigrants getting accepted into all eight Ivy League universities would be met with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
High Court Upholds Mich. Affirmative Action Ban
MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Michigan’s ban on using race as a factor in college admissions. The justices said in a 6-2 ruling that Michigan...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Testifies EXACTLY what Kavanaugh...
Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s record on criminal justice is “entirely unsatisfactory for a country...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How The College Admissions Scandal Lawsuit Affects Black Alumni Of Schools...
By Nigel Roberts A new lawsuit against elite universities over the admissions scandal suggests that Black alumni of those schools will likely face new scrutiny and fresh doubts in addition to what...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mitt Romney and Affirmative Action
By Stephanie Jones NNPA Columnist Much was made of what Mitt Romney said and didn’t say during his recent speech to the NAACP’s annual convention in Houston. His boo-evoking swipe at “Obamacare” got...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Affirmative Action Supporters Rally at Supreme Court
Affirmative Action Supporters Rally at Supreme Court By Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – While Supreme Court justices listened to oral arguments in an affirmative action...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Supreme Court Considers Limiting Affirmative Action
Supreme Court Considers Limiting Affirmative Action By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – With one supporter of affirmative action retired and another declining to participate...
View ArticleSupreme Court Determined to Kill Affirmative Action
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist A decade after carefully ruling in two University of Michigan cases – striking down the undergraduate admissions procedures and upholding those implemented by the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
To Be Equal: Supreme Court Must Keep Affirmative Action Alive
by Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The enduring hope is that race should not matter; the reality is that too often it does.” – Anthony Kennedy, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court As early as this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Affirmative Action Ruling a Relief to Many
by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Civil rights leaders greeted the Supreme Court’s decision in Fisher v. the University of Texas at Austin with lukewarm optimism. “It...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Eliminating Affirmative Action Would Hurt Black Enrollment
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Whenever states have eliminated affirmative action in the past, a decline in Black college enrollment has followed that decision, a study by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Supreme Court Sends Affirmative Action Case Back to Lower Court
Clarence Thomas would have voted to eliminate affirmative action By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The United States Supreme Court sidestepped making a decision on whether a...
View ArticleAffirmative Action Polls Show Deep Racial Gulf
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In the months leading up to this week’s Supreme Court decision on affirmative action, a public opinion poll by ABC News and the Washington Post showed that 76 percent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beyond the Rhetoric: A Good Week at the Supreme Court
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The latest session of the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) had the interest of Black Americans like never before. On the line were two key components that brought African...
View ArticleClik here to view.
U.S. Justices to Hear Race Case; One Side Has Two Voices
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will delve into a decades-old debate over university admissions policies that favor racial minorities, hearing a Michigan case that picks up where the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Supreme Court Hears Michigan Challenge to Affirmative Action
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Four months after the Supreme Court declined to invalidate affirmative action in a case brought against the University of Texas, it heard...
View Article