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Here’s What’s Happening With Affirmative Action

The landmark decision by the Supreme Court effectively ended the use of race as a factor in college admissions.

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The Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions on Thursday, June 29, effectively ending the use of race as a factor and reversing decades of precedent. Read on to learn more about the decision, the likely impact, and how the public feels.

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Supreme Court Sets New Limits on Affirmative Action Programs in Landmark Ruling

Justice Jackson blasted the majority’s “let-them-eat-cake obliviousness.”

An Obituary for Affirmative Action

The scale of what has been lost is difficult to assess in the moment. But not entirely impossible.

The End of Affirmative Action Is Only the Beginning

Yet again, the Supreme Court’s conservatives just get rid of precedents that they don’t like.

How White People Stole Affirmative Action — and Ensured Its Demise

If elite colleges owned up to their racism, the Supreme Court might rule differently.

Explainer: What the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Affirmative Action Means for Colleges

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down race-conscious policies in college admissions, ending decades of precedent that had allowed schools nationwide to use such programs to increase the diversity of their student bodies.

Here’s What Happened After Affirmative Action Ended In These 4 States

The effects of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action will take time to materialize—but a 2013 Harvard study found that after affirmative action ended in key states “sharp declines” in the workplace followed for Asian women, Black women and Hispanic men.

The Liberal Maverick Fighting Race-Based Affirmative Action

For decades, Richard Kahlenberg has pushed for a class-conscious approach to college admissions. He may finally get his wish, but it comes at a personal cost.

Most Americans Wanted The Supreme Court To End Affirmative Action — Kind Of

In a ruling on two related cases on Thursday written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court just ended affirmative action in higher education as we know it.

Read the Opinion: Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action in College Admissions

Read the court’s opinion here.

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