affirmative action courts
Even With Affirmative Action, Blacks and Hispanics Are More Underrepresented at Top Colleges Than 35 Years Ago
Even after decades of affirmative action, black and Hispanic students are more underrepresented at the nation’s top colleges and universities than they were 35 years ago, according to a New […]
How an Attempt to Boost Diversity at Texas Colleges Could Kill Affirmative Action
*Excellent story about the affirmative action lawsuit now before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case was heard in December and a ruling is expected by June. This is an outlier […]
High court upholds Mich affirmative action ban
*There’s an important semantic issue at play in this story.Technically, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an election, because it was an election, not because of the result. Michigan voters decided […]
Supreme Court Rules (Punts) on Affirmative Action
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I spent the morning stalking the #SCOTUS Twitter feed. I figured it was the best and fastest way to get information on the anticipated decisions that should […]
Why the Supreme Court needs to uphold affirmative action
By Raul A. Reyes, NBCLatino The Supreme Court will soon announce a decision on an affirmative action case, Fisher v. University of Texas. Abigail Fisher, who is white, applied to the University of […]
Lawsuit Highlights Why Affirmative Action Is Still Needed
By Cindy Casares The fate of affirmative action at America’s colleges could rest on a dispute over $100. Abigail Noel Fisher, a white woman from Richmond, Texas, has sued the […]
Texans deserve the full protection of the Voting Rights Act
*Any time legendary civil rights attorney Al Kauffman has something to say I consider it worthy of publication. VL By Al Kauffman, NewsTaco (6 minute read) Section 5 of the […]
SCOTUS Upholds Use of Race in Texas College Admissions
*The supreme court ruling on affirmative action was a surprise. Diversity is still a goal in higher education, and race (Latino race?) is still a factor in achieving that goal. […]
Supreme Court Tie Deals Blow to Obama’s Immigration Order
*This was not good news for President Obama or for the 4 million undocumented people who will be affected by the ruling. This doesn’t mean that DAPA or an extension […]
The Supreme Court Minus Scalia, a case breakdown
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (5.5 minute read) The big news over the weekend is the passing of Supreme Court (SCOTUS) Justice Antonin Scalia. There’s been a relentless stream of reports […]