A little noticed lawsuit filed by the Trump Justice Department challenging affirmative action in the workplace may be headed ...

The buildup was big: First the Supreme Court eviscerated a portion of the Voting Rights Act. Then it declared that a federal ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional. But when the justices ruled back ...

Affirmative action is a program required of federal contractors to ensure equal employment opportunity. It requires good faith efforts to achieve and maintain a workforce where protected veterans and ...

The Supreme Court of the United States has upheld the University of Texas’ affirmative action program, which helps minority students get admitted to the university, Politico reports. Suggested Reading ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is scrutinizing higher education. Last week, the White House issued a memorandum requiring all universities receiving federal funds to submit admissions data on ...

No Democratic candidate for president has ever come so close to calling for an end to the era of identity-based affirmative action as has Barack Obama. Since 2004, the first black major party nominee ...

Here are some newspaper stories published this week in years past. BY NICK ELLENA, STAFF WRITER A study of traffic capacity and safety improvement options along the 11-mile stretch of Highway 99 ...

At the trial of Students for Fair Admissions vs. Harvard before the United States Supreme Court in October, Justice Samuel Alito grilled Harvard's lawyer on the school's use of the "personal score." ...

Michigan State University is ending its use of affirmative action in employment regarding race, sex, color, ethnicity and national origin to comply with an executive order signed by President Donald ...

The Trump administration moved Wednesday to dismantle one of the federal government’s largest and longest-standing affirmative action programs, siding with two White-owned contracting businesses that ...