Point Austin: Justice Demands Affirmative Action

In UT admissions case, 'diversity' is important – but justice more so

"...that it did so, and that its balance on affirmative action is in question – Sandra O'Connor, who wrote..."

Aug. 17, 2012 News Column by Michael King

SCOTUS: Affirmative Action OK at UT

Justices rule 4-3 on using race in college admissions

"...that Kennedy (who has previously sided against any race-based affirmative action) not only sided with the majority, but penned..."

June 23, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Against Affirmative Action, in Favor of Government Aid

"...Dear Editor, Today, Clarence Thomas stated affirmative action is unconstitutional. I totally agree. That should throw..."

Sept. 23, 2008 Postmarks

Using Affirmative Action Argument, Let's Give Tom DeLay Exactly What He Wants

"...Sen. Barrientos is being consistent with Democratic policies on affirmative action ["Facing the South," News, Feb. 13]. Rep. Doggett..."

Feb. 18, 2004 Postmarks

Gus Takes Affirmative Action

Feb. 7, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

One Court, Three Decisions

SCOTUS rules on three Texas cases impacting abortion, affirmative action, and immigration

"...anxiously awaited influential decisions on abortion rights, immigration, and affirmative action. Leaving all three rulings to the final weeks..."

July 1, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Naked City

UT Revives Affirmative Action

"...of the 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the affirmative-action plan used by the Univ. of Michigan Law School...."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Panel Finds 'Serious Flaws' in SBOE-Backed Social Studies Textbooks

Independent reviewers find more than a dozen factual distortions

"...religion and democracy to the free enterprise system and affirmative action, according to education watchdog Texas Freedom Network...."

Sept. 10, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

YCT Stages Immigrant Hunt

Conservative group says stunt will spark dialogue

"...lot. If they're not serving up half-baked ideas about affirmative action, they are planning racist campus-wide games. One shouldn't..."

Nov. 18, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Page Two

Despite the Supreme Court's recent decision, affirmative action is alive and well -- for the dominating elite.

"...Court decision, which offered a tepid endorsement of race-based affirmative action in university admissions, is being condemned as a..."

June 27, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Law of the Land

The Present: Has Hopwood Changed the World?

"...the Supreme Court, so that it can strip such affirmative action policies from the country's state-funded institutions of higher..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Nicole Kleman

Doomed to Repeat It?

Former Students, Profs, and Lawyers Remember

"...number of black law students remained very low until affirmative action began in the Eighties. But Washington, 67, remembers..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Cristina Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...Affirmative Action Helps No One..."

July 18, 2003 Column

TFN's 'Briefing Paper' on ACC Board Candidate Marc Levin

"...and Hispanic customers lower prices for pastries to protest affirmative action programs. i..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...Affirmative Action Works..."

July 11, 2003 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...and members of the university's legal team on their affirmative-action policies face-to-face on Monday, during a standing-room-only "town hall"..."

Nov. 13, 1998 News Feature

Dissenting Opinion

Utilitarian Approach

"...and "separate evaluative tracks." At the risk of alienating affirmative action's true believers, AROC has taken a more pragmatic..."

Nov. 6, 1998 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

It's Hard to Say

Hating Speech at UT

"...and Opportunity (SAO) formed to advocate the reinstatement of affirmative action and the implementation of a mandatory multicultural course..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Marc Levin

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Brown Right To Fight

"...an Austin Bahá'í Abolish Affirmative Action..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Column

Point Austin: Race Does Matter

Sotomayor on the willfulness of judicial 'colorblindness'

"...U.S. Supreme Court decision (Schuette v. Coali­tion to Defend Affirmative Action) – upholding the Michigan rejection-by-referendum of affirmative action..."

May 2, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Page Two: Kings of Mean

The worst legacy of this administration is the terrible behavior it fostered in its citizens

"...Accompanying this reactionary miscasting of the country's social and political problems has..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Big Brotherly Love

City Council Continues Juvenile Curfew

"...But it won't be if nobody asks for it. Affirmative Action..."

Aug. 28, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

Gagging Graglia

Can We Talk?

"...from the university. Graglia's comments - and the public's reaction to them - serve to highlight the difficulty of..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Page Two

The United Way and the Boy Scouts have both acted admirably in their parting of ways; their decisions call for a sense of moral nuance that is lately all too rare.

"...disguised. Now the controversy is more inclusive and obvious. Affirmative action is marginalized as a social policy created to..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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For the Record

"...at its core, has nothing whatsoever to do with affirmative action, which (when openly and justly applied) I wholeheartedly..."

May 15, 1998 Column

Page Two: Name-Calling, Part II

Name-Calling, Part II: The proud badge of 'cowardice'

"...But all too much of the anti-affirmative-action rhetoric is actually proactively racist. Whenever someone claims that..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

Fanning the Flames

"...on the UT campus to hear the discussion, entitled "Affirmative Action in Higher Education: A Gray Issue." Panelists included..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Jessica Carter

Rebel With Many Causes

A Philosophical Divide

"...jurisprudence has led to a certain fearlessness in his actions, according to Peter Hofer, a longtime TCRP staff attorney..."

Sept. 11, 1998 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Capitol Chronicle

Hopwood lawyer Steven Wayne Smith aspires to the Texas Supreme Court.

"...Austin lawyer who won the Hopwood lawsuit against the affirmative-action admissions system at the UT Law School (which, by..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Column by Michael King

A Way Out of the Desert?

Sanchez and Morales hustle for the AFL-CIO.

"...a "Danny-Come-Lately" whose commitment to traditionally Democratic issues (i.e., affirmative action) is suspect at best...."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

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