Lawyers have filed a rush of lawsuits against corporations, law firms, health care companies, art groups and nonprofits. And ...

The Justice Department’s test case to dismantle Minnesota’s affirmative action program turns on the viability of the US Supreme Court’s nearly 50-year-old precedent supporting narrowly-tailored ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi said the lawsuit is the department's "latest effort to bring Minnesota into compliance with federal law." ...

Decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court from the 1970s and 1980s recognized a narrow exception to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 under ...

On January 14, 2026, the United States Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Civil Rights Division filed a federal suit seeking to strike down the State ...

The federal government is once again targeting Minnesota in court, this time alleging the state's affirmative action program for hiring civil servants amounts to sex- and race-based discrimination.

(CNN) — Here is some background information about affirmative action as well as a few notable court cases. Affirmative action policies focus on improving opportunities for groups of people, like women ...

Citing the KKK Act of 1871, the Pacific Legal Foundation and another anti–affirmative action group sued to end a race-restricted scholarship at UC San Diego. Now, the Black Alumni Scholarship Fund has ...

Faculty members voted to approve a proposal to remove references to affirmative action and other suggestions of race-based preferential treatment from the University’s Non-Discrimination Statement and ...

\xa0Ghana’s journey toward gender equality took a significant step forward with the passage of the Affirmative Action (Gender Equality) Act on July 30, 2024. This landmark legislation aims to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Research shows that 'Black students who are admitted with help from affirmative action are more ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Econ Griot, telling culture and economic stories on radio and beyond. The fight over DEI didn’t begin in boardrooms or HR ...