The top American news story at the end of last week was the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, striking down the use of race in college admissions and thereby overturning nearly a half-century of its own past rulings. The print editions of our leading... Read More

On Monday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments on a potentially momentous case challenging the use of race in admissions decisions at Harvard University and our other academic institutions. Over the last half-century, our system of Affirmative Action---preferences based upon race---has become an increasingly powerful and entrenched aspect of American society,... Read More