This is FRESH AIR. I'm Tonya Mosley. After Claudine Gay, Harvard's first Black president, recently resigned, conservative activist Chris Rufo posted on X, quote, "this is the beginning of the end for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Republican Matt Van Epps Wins Tennessee Special Election for U.S. House Seat Trump-Backed Congressional Push to Halt State AI Regulations Falls Short Texas AG Launches Investigation into Chinese ...

In one of his first acts as President in his second term in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 21, 2025, entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based ...

The forces that have been defeating affirmative action programs in America’s colleges — and even a local angel investor group — seem to be headed for a new target: West Point. Last year, the U.S.

It has been over two years since the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed affirmative action in college admissions, a decision that thrust some of the country's most elite colleges and universities into the ...

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 ...