Affirmative Action Archives - The Editorial Board.

The US Supreme Court did not outlaw bias in college admissions

By John Stoehr / June 30, 2023 /

It outlawed a kind of bias, one that its rightwing supermajority dislikes.

By Allison Wiltz / March 30, 2023 /

If your goal is to bury the lede on affirmative action, you’ll never come to terms with the ugly truth about racism, writes Allison Wiltz.

By Mia Brett / November 4, 2022 /

Critics of affirmative action want you to believe that laws meant to protect Black people weren’t meant to protect Black people.

By John Stoehr / November 3, 2022 /

That’s what we should focus on.

By Rod Graham / October 12, 2022 /

Leveraging white power can produce the same results.

By Rod Graham / January 27, 2022 /

This Supreme Court probably won’t let that happen.

By Mia Brett / January 26, 2022 /

Edward Blum’s corrupt faith in “colorblindness.”