Yale Negotiations With DOJ Over Admissions Discrimination Sparks Backlash
Yale University is in negotiations with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for a resolution after the Trump administration found alleged racial discrimination…
Politics of Race
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The Ideological Needle and the Damage Done
Much of the civilized world and all civilized people are reeling in righteous anger at the murder of Henry Nowak, the 18-year-old British college student who…
The Hyphen and the Melting Pot
What is your favorite bit of Orwellian Newspeak? Near the top of my list is “affirmative action.” It’s such an emollient phrase, so redolent of cheeriness…
Jim Crow and the Blame Game
“Riders up!” is the familiar cry that starts a horse race, as it did this year at the 153rd running of the Kentucky Derby. And then, as the horses make their…