Affirmative Action

NBA commissioner Adam Silver gave a seminar in crisis management, after which nearly everyone agreed he had done the bold and courageous and, most important, the right thing in banning the racist lecher Donald Sterling and setting up the process by which he’ll almost certainly be tossed from the league.

Supreme Court Justice may believe self-esteem building exercises are a good replacement for Affirmative Action's success in integration, but Justice Sotomayor has some holes to poke in that argument.

The United States Supreme Court term begins in October, and while the entire docket has not yet been set, already it’s shaping up to be a historic term, with decisions on abortion protests, legislative prayer, and affirmative action, just to name a few. Here are the key cases we’re keeping an eye on as the term starts up.

With the imminence of yet another affirmative action decision by the Supreme Court, the oft-misunderstood and always-controversial law deserves a fresh examination of its merit and importance for all of America. Unfortunately, the balance that affirmative action aims to bring to the American workforce is needed now, perhaps more than ever.