affirmative action

An online assembly attempts to correct March on Washington gender gap

By Yonat Shimron — August 24, 2023
(RNS) — None of the speeches at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom were delivered by women. The “She Speaks” online assembly is intended to lift up the voices of women fighting for racial justice.

With overturning of affirmative action, Asian Americans became political pawns. Again.

By Jessica Wai-Fong Wong — July 12, 2023
(RNS) — In the wake of the racial reckoning of 2020, Asian Americans are being used, once again, to undermine Black political demands for change.

It’s a Christian mandate to create a society where all flourish — SCOTUS keeps undermining it

By Sally Vonner — July 10, 2023
(RNS) — Affirmative action may not have been perfect, but that does not mean that we abolish it, rather we stay committed to do better.

How the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is making new rules for minorities

By Thomas Reese — July 3, 2023
(RNS) — If the Constitution is what five Supreme Court justices say it is, who controls the presidency and the Senate really matters.

The Supreme Court’s colorblindness

By Cheryl Townsend Gilkes — June 30, 2023
(RNS) — It's a different colorblindness than the one envisioned in King's 'Dream' speech.

How Scalia’s death affects key cases before the Supreme Court this year

By Richard Wolf — February 15, 2016
WASHINGTON -- A 4-4 split on the court would impact rulings on abortion, immigration, voting rights, the Obamacare contraception mandate and more.
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