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UVA Law School Appears to Continue Discriminatory Hiring
3+ hour, 9+ min ago (204+ words) National Review The University of Virginia is supposed to have ended its discriminatory hiring practices, but like so many other schools, its leaders apparently refuse to hire anyone who isn’t a dedicated leftist. So argues one of its alums, Professor…...
OU must answer allegations of racial discrimination in financial aid
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (430+ words) Jonathan Small | October 12, 2026 In 2024, three students filed a class-action lawsuit against the University of Oklahoma, alleging the school has illegally based financial aid decisions on students’ race. OU sought to have the lawsuit dismissed on procedural grounds. University officials argued…...
Monthly 'Barrio Walks' connect Tampa families with immigration resources
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (348+ words) TAMPA, Fla. — A grassroots organization in Tampa is taking immigration information directly into local neighborhoods through monthly “Barrio Walks” aimed at connecting immigrant families with information about legal rights and available resources. The Tampa Immigrant Rights Committee says volunteers go…...
When Eligibility, Paperwork, and Fear Converge: H.R. 1, Public Charge, and Latino Families in California
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1525+ words) Learn more about out how LPPI utilizes your donation. The UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute team is devoted to advocating for communities of color across the U.S. UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute is committed to shaping a new narrative so…...
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2+ day, 9+ hour ago (108+ words) The Making of an American Racialized Ethnicity The U.S. racial system has always had a problem: it wants to maintain a Black–white binary while simultaneously managing populations that … The Making of an American Racialized Ethnicity The U.S. racial system…...
Remembered: John Sermeno, Chicano revolutionary
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (222+ words) Los Angeles, CA – John Sermeno was once a gang member who would go on to become a revolutionary and Marxist-Leninist. He died on August 12, 2026. Born August 2, 1944, Sermeno was raised in Boyle Heights’ Ramona Gardens housing projects. In his youth he…...
New York’s Racial Equity Commission Is Nothing New [Op-Ed]
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (814+ words) New York City’s new racial equity commission is a policy choice dressed as inevitability, and if it becomes more than a moment, it belongs to many people. I didn’t become a lawyer because I thought law was salvation. I became…...
From Undocumented Child to Charlotte Council, JD Mazuera Arias Makes History
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (352+ words) JD Mazuera Arias spent part of his childhood in East Charlotte afraid that coming home from school might mean finding an empty house, his parents swept up in a deportation he couldn't stop. Today he represents that same district, East…...
After Affirmative Action: An Alumni Weekend Talk with Ralph Richard Banks
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (448+ words) For decades, affirmative action policies in college admissions have provided educational opportunities to underrepresented groups in an effort to coun For decades, affirmative action policies in college admissions have provided educational opportunities to underrepresented groups in an effort to counteract…...
What Counts as “Unlawful Proxy Discrimination”? (opinion)
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (302+ words) The Trump administration mostly seems concerned about the use of “unlawful proxies” that would benefit Black and Hispanic students in admission, Catharine Hill writes. It seems clear that these are recommendations to encourage overcompliance with the law to avoid extralegal…...