School District Decides Asians Aren't Students of Color
The absurdities that result from overreliance on semi-arbitrary race-based categories
Affirmative Action
Victories for Liberty, Property Rights, and Nondiscrimination on Three Major California Ballot Measures
Beneficial outcomes on at least three of four important California ballot measures: racial preferences, rent control, and protecting ride-share businesses and workers.
California Voters Reject Race, Sex, Ethnic Preferences in Government Employment, Education, and Contracting
California is vastly further Left today than it was in 1996 when it generally banned such preferences—yet even California voters rejected a repeal of the ban, by a 56-44% margin.
Californians Vote on Four Ballot Measures with Major Stakes for Liberty, Property Rights, and Justice
These votes could have a big impact on the nation as a whole, as well as California.
Affirmative Action in College Admissions Will Be on California's Ballot in November
A November ballot initiative would pit minority communities against each other.
California Lawmakers Seek To Reinstate Affirmative Action by Repealing Proposition 209
Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 is now in the hands of the state Senate.
Harvard Discriminates Against Asian-Americans, and 'Implicit' Bias Training Won't Fix That
Race-based admissions will likely make a return visit to the Supreme Court.
Ed Department: Texas Tech Medical School May No Longer Consider Race in Admissions Decisions
The Health Sciences Center did not demonstrate that race-based affirmative action was necessary to achieve diversity.
Stossel: End Racial Preferences at Colleges?
Asians sue Harvard for discrimination in a case that may end college racial preferences.
Has Anti-Racism Become as Harmful as Racism? John McWhorter vs. Nikhil Singh
Watch the Oxford-style debate hosted by the Soho Forum.
Michelle Obama Felt 'the Shadow of Affirmative Action' as Princeton Undergrad
Her experience is a good example of why affirmative action policies are a bad idea.
Harvard's Recruitment Efforts Prioritized White Students Over High-Achieving Asians
What worked to limit Jewish enrollment 100 years ago has also worked to limit Asian enrollment.
Jeff Sessions Backs Asian Americans' Discrimination Lawsuit Against Harvard
"Evidence indicates that a driving factor in Harvard's admissions process... may be infected with racial bias against Asian Americans."
Maybe Snatching Toddlers From Their Asylum-Seeking Parents Is Who We Are: Podcast
Reason editors discuss what anti-immigration fantasy looks like when translated into policy, and how education diversity goals lead to discrimination.
Study: Elite Colleges' Race-Conscious Admissions Discriminate Against Asian Applicants
Caltech doesn't practice affirmative action, and its Asian American student population has increased. Harvard, on the other hand...
Should Affirmative Action Be Ended at Public Universities? Debate Tonight in NYC
Attn, New York-area Reasonoids: Soho Forum debate is tonight in East Village.
Mayor Bill de Blasio: The Perfect Ayn Rand Villain [Podcast]
Reason editors talk immigration, affirmative action, and why the "Pharma Bro" witch hunt should concern everyone.
Get Government Out of the College Discrimination Business
Whether affirmative action is helpful at all is debatable.
Are College Campuses Racist Environments? [Reason Podcast]
Lawrence Ross vs. Kmele Foster in a public debate at the Soho Forum
Are American Colleges Racist? Come To a Debate at the Soho Forum
Kmele Foster and Lawrence C. Ross, Jr. debate in New York on May 16.
Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Affirmative Action in University of Texas Case
SCOTUS rules 4-3 in closely watched case of Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin.
SCOTUS Could Issue Major Ruling on Affirmative Action This Week
A decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin is expected soon.
How Race-Based Admissions Fuel Political Correctness on Campus
Fifty years of affirmative action has fomented racial inequality at colleges.
Today at SCOTUS: Affirmative Action on Trial
The Supreme Court hears arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
Affirmative Action, Unions, Asset Forfeiture: 3 SCOTUS Cases To Watch
The Supreme Court may end mandatory union dues for California school teachers and limit state taking of property.
Will Trump's America Demand Quotas for Whites?
India's upper-caste protests show that the scenario is not so bizarre.
Could Trump Lead a Movement for White Racial Quotas One Day?
India's upper-caste quota wars suggest that racial quotas for whites are not so far fetched
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear New Affirmative Action Case
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin is headed back to SCOTUS.
Challenging Affirmative Action and Gerrymandering: AEI's Edward Blum
Pending court cases pertaining to race-based legislation.
UNC-Chapel Hill Admin Only Wants to Discuss Diversity with Students Who Share Its Liberal Biases
How productive could a pro-diversity event be if it was not itself diverse?
U. Wisconsin Denies Plan to Distribute Grades According to Race
Clearly all people contribute to diversity in one way or another.
Affirmative Action = Discrimination Against Asians, NYC Schools Edition
It's very difficult for low-income 13-year-olds to cobble together appealing resumes.
Fifth Circuit Decision a Win For Affirmative Action, But Will It Survive?
Opponents of affirmative action were unfazed by the ruling.
UMich Libertarian Students Prevail in Lawsuit Alleging Political Discrimination
YAL has agreed to drop its lawsuit in exchange for administrators revising the policy.
Sotomayor Praises Affirmative Action and Legacy Admissions, Doesn't Realize Those Things Are Awful
Sotomayor thinks legacy admissions are somehow helping the disadvantaged, when in reality they do the opposite.
What Should Replace Race-Based Affirmative Action?
The Supreme Court and the court of public opinion are both shifting against race-based affirmative action in college admissions.
California Legislators Fight Divisive Ethnic Battle
Democrats are pitting African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latinos against each other.
Affirmative Action is a Lost Cause
But there are better ways for progressives to advance racial justice
Democracy and Affirmative Action
Affirmative action supporters argue they should be free to establish the policy by amending state constitutions, but those who reject it should not.