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The Supreme Court Is Coming for Affirmative Action—Again

Elie Mystal The high court has just accepted a case that takes aim at efforts to increase diversity at high-performing public schools. The post The Supreme Court Is Coming for Affirmative Action—Again appeared first on The Nation .

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Crowd Swells in Albania as Violent Protests Enter Second WeekAnti-government protests led by university and high school students entered a second week in Albania, with demonstrators showing no signs of backing down from their demands for political change.

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Children May Proceed Pseudonymously; May Their Parents?From L.R. v. Bd. of Ed. of Jennings School Dist., decided Wednesday by Judge Joshua Divine (E.D. Mo.): L.R. and… The post Children May Proceed Pseudonymously; May Their Parents? appeared first on Reason Magazine.

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The Movement: Paris is burning. The American right is watching.Protests and riots in France have become the latest Republican talking point in the U.S. as the party makes a last-ditch effort to tie Democrats to immigration and socialism two weeks out from the midterm elections. Protesters, largely high school students, first took to the streets earlier this month to demand better school conditions. Those...

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Trump admin settles with UNC over alleged antisemitism and race-based admissionsThe Trump administration settled with UNC at Chapel Hill to resolve 18 federal probes over alleged campus antisemitism and race-based admissions policies.

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What’s making Europe so angry? The frustration behind the protestsProtests broke out in France and several European countries as people railed against living costs, poor schooling conditions, and a housing crisis.

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UNC settles Trump administration probesThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) has reached an agreement with the Trump administration to close 19 federal investigations into the school over alleged concerns of antisemitism and race discrimination. In the deal, UNC admits to no wrongdoing and pays no money to the administration but agrees to standards the Trump administration...

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White House comes up empty when asked to prove Trump's 'sick' campaign liePresident Donald Trump has revived a debunked 2024 campaign claim that schools are secretly sending children off for gender surgery, and when CNN asked the White House for proof, it couldn’t produce a single example. At a Georgia rally Friday, Trump claimed there are “five states where your child goes off to school as Tim and comes back as Tammy, three…

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Four candidates are running in the second-ever election for the Baltimore City Board of School CommissionersIncumbent Commissioner Ashley Esposito, incumbent Commissioner Kwame Kenyatta-Bey, Jamar Day, and Domonique Flowers are running in the general election for two at-large seats on the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners on Nov. 3, 2026. Elected commissioners serve four-year terms. The four candidates who received the most votes in the primary…

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Red Districts in Range for DemocratsOn the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discuss the latest from the White House. On today's show, Fortius Global CEO Jim Messina, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Jersey 1st Founder Rosemary Becchi and University of Virginia Miller Center…

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School-choice group launches $10M ad blitz to push Trump student grants: ‘Our children’s futures’The country's teachers unions are opposed to the program, claiming it will somehow siphon taxpayer dollars from public schools — even though backers such as Gov. Kathy Hochul have dismissed the notion.

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Supreme Court takes up new case over race and school admissionsThe Supreme Court will hear a challenge to admissions policies at a suburban Maryland county’s competitive middle school, the justices announced Monday. It’s a key test of the court’s 2023 decision invalidating affirmative action in higher education admissions. That decision left open questions over what lengths school districts may still take to promote…

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The People vs. the Supreme CourtElie Mystal This term the Supreme Court has plans to trample even more of our rights. But we, the people, are not powerless in the face of their power grab. The post The People vs. the Supreme Court appeared first on The Nation .

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Supreme Court takes blockbuster case of the term.On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted what is sure to be the blockbuster case of its 2026–27 term.

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The White Man Can Always Take What You HaveElie Mystal In this week's Elie v. US , our justice correspondent breaks down the real message of the attacks on Ilhan Omar. Plus: the anti-trans case that will come for us all. The post The White Man Can Always Take What You Have appeared first on The Nation .

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This Lawsuit Could Make Big Oil Pay for the Harm It’s CausedElie Mystal The question is whether the Supreme Court will let it. The post This Lawsuit Could Make Big Oil Pay for the Harm It’s Caused appeared first on The Nation .

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We Should Be Even More Outraged About the Attacks on Ilhan OmarElie Mystal In this week's Elie v. US , our justice correspondent gets to the heart of the hunting of Omar. Plus: the anti-trans case that will come for us all. The post We Should Be Even More Outraged About the Attacks on Ilhan Omar appeared first on The Nation .

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This November, Vote Like Alito Is on the BallotElie Mystal In this week’s Elie v. U.S. , our justice correspondent gives Democrats another reason to vote in November. Plus: How Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s Medicaid unmasked the racists. The post This November, Vote Like Alito Is on the Ballot appeared first on The Nation .

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