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Clarence Thomas‘ connections to wealth and expensive vacations run deeper than billionaire businessman and Nazi-enthusiast Harlan Crow. The New York Times reports that Thomas has milked relationships with the rich he made through the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, a scholarship association, to benefit himself and his wife. Because …

It took Republicans no time at all to take the Supreme Court‘s affirmative action decision and use it to attack other educational initiatives intended to support people of color. On Thursday —the same day the Court declared race-conscious admissions policies unconstitutional — the state’s attorney general, Andrew Bailey, dispatched a …

Michael Imperioli has clarified previous statements in which the actor barred “bigots and homophobes” from watching his work — including The Sopranos and The White Lotus — following the Supreme Court’s ruling that allows businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ Americans. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Imperioli called his previous …

The Supreme Court ruled last week that Harvard’s admissions process, which factored race into decisions about which candidates to accept, was unconstitutional. The college is still allowed to consider whether applicants are relatives of alumni, though, which has led a civil rights group to file a complaint in light last …

The Supreme Court’s jarring decision to strike down race from college admissions wasn’t just infuriating, but also an uncomfortable trip back to memory lane. I wasn’t too surprised by the super-conservative majority decision, but disgusted by the weaponizing of Asian-American students against Black students. Throughout my academic life, I, a …

When Briannah Cook, 21, thinks about the years before college, she remembers anxiety, stress, and wondering if all of her hard work would still end in failure. The Black Chicago student’s list of extracurriculars included volleyball, soccer, dance, karate, violin, clarinet, and several student clubs and unions in addition to …

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that businesses can discriminate against LGBTQ Americans. The court ruled 6-3 in favor of a Colorado web designer who argued that she has the right under the First Amendment to refuse to create wedding websites for gay people. Lori Smith, the website designer who …

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that President Joe Biden‘s student debt relief is unconstitutional, and that the 43 million Americans who stood to see some much-needed financial relief — and the 20 million who would have had their debt wiped out completely — are back to being shit out …

The year she graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Mary Tobin was part of the largest cohort of black women in the school’s history, to that point. There were about 25, out of more than 1,000 students. “West Point sucks for everybody,” Tobin says. But her …

The Supreme Court ended its latest term in devastating fashion, ruling that businesses can discriminate against gay Americans before striking down President Biden’s plan for relieve student debt relief for an estimated 43 million Americans. The rulings came a day after the conservative court deemed race-base affirmative action in college …