Proposition 16, a ballot measure that would've reinstated affirmative action in California government, was rejected by voters. The "no" votes had more than 56% of more than 11 million votes counted as ...

Just days into taking office, President Trump delivered on his campaign promises to dismantle DEI programs in federal agencies. On January 20 and 21, President Trump issued two such executive orders ...

On March 13, the New York Times Magazine published a lengthy article by Nikole Hannah-Jones, “The ‘Colorblindness’ Trap: How a Civil Rights Ideal Got Hijacked,” which culminates in a demand that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In his new book "The Affirmative Action Myth," Jason Riley, a Wall Street Journal columnist and Manhattan Institute scholar, ...

Minority- and women-owned businesses are bracing for the end of affirmative action in federal contracting — and the potential loss of contracts worth at least $70 billion a year — as government ...

(CNN) — Here is some background information about affirmative action as well as a few notable court cases. Affirmative action policies focus on improving opportunities for groups of people, like women ...

The House Committee on State Agencies approved a bill Wednesday that would end affirmative action programs in Arkansas, sending the legislation to the House floor. The committee passed the bill on a ...