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Can Affirmative Action Move Beyond Race?
Today, the US Supreme Court took up affirmative action and the effort to equalize educational opportunity in a diverse society with a history of racial discrimination.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenToday, the US Supreme Court took up affirmative action and the effort to equalize educational opportunity in a diverse society with a history of racial discrimination. We hear what the Court heard about race-based and race-neutral strategies. Also, today's Republican hearing on Hillary Clinton's State Department and diplomatic security in Libya.
Banner image: Students calling for diversity protest outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. Photo by Jose Luis Magaua/Reuters
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2 storiesAffirmative Action in College Admissions and the US Supreme Court
In the Grutter case almost ten years ago, a divided US Supreme Court rejected racial quotas in college admissions.
Read the story43 minHearing on Libya Attack Puts State Department on the Defensive
Since the killing of Ambassador Christopher Stevens , the State Department has changed its explanation of what really happened at the consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Today, Republicans on Capitol Hill called an oversight hearing.
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