http://dir.salon.com/topics/affirmative_action/?source=rss&aim=affirmative_action en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT By Joe Conason Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/05/29/clarence_thomas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/05/29/clarence_thomas/index.html?source=rss Why do Republicans think Sotomayor is a mediocre beneficiary of affirmative action? Because they had their own. By Lynn Harris Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/23/m16_women/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/23/m16_women/index.html?source=rss British spy agency is on the hunt for female, minority applicants. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/19/chinese_declared_black/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/19/chinese_declared_black/index.html?source=rss According to the country's High Court, they are now considered "black" By Sarah Karnasiewicz Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/02/15/affirmative_action/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/02/15/affirmative_action/index.html?source=rss Worried about the steadily declining number of male students, some colleges and universities appear to be practicing affirmative action for men. By Joe Conason Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/01/13/alito_controversy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/01/13/alito_controversy/index.html?source=rss His membership in a racist, reactionary group at Princeton reveals the unsavory face of conservatism. By Lori Leibovich Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/07/10/boys_who_coast/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/07/10/boys_who_coast/index.html?source=rss An exhaustive article looks at why college women soar, while their male counterparts slack. By Sarah Karnasiewicz Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/03/23/college_admissions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/03/23/college_admissions/index.html?source=rss An admissions officer apologizes to all the qualified girls she's had to reject in favor of boys. By Max Blumenthal Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/01/06/ahmanson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/01/06/ahmanson/index.html?source=rss Quirky millionaire Howard Ahmanson Jr. is on a mission from God to stop gay marriage, fight evolution, defeat "liberal" churches -- and reelect George W. Bush. Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2003/06/26/affirmative_action/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2003/06/26/affirmative_action/index.html?source=rss Readers react to articles on Monday's Supreme Court decision and the ever contentious debate over affirmative action. Compiled by Laura McClure and Mark Follman Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/06/24/michigan_reacts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/06/24/michigan_reacts/index.html?source=rss Top thinkers on race relations say Monday's Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action herald another generation of opportunity and another generation of conflict. By Joan Walsh Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/06/24/affirmative_action/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/06/24/affirmative_action/index.html?source=rss The Supreme Court did the right thing by upholding affirmative action -- but by pretending that racial preferences don't harm anyone, it showed that America still can't talk straight about race. Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2003/05/15/jayson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2003/05/15/jayson/index.html?source=rss Readers respond to "The Forbidden Truth About Jayson Blair," by Eric Boehlert. By Arianna Huffington Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/huffington/2003/04/09/tulia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/huffington/2003/04/09/tulia/index.html?source=rss Thirteen people remain locked up in Texas on the word of a corrupt cop. In the bucks-for-busts world of drug task forces, that's not an aberration. By Robert Scheer Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/scheer/2003/01/23/affirmative_action/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/scheer/2003/01/23/affirmative_action/index.html?source=rss How does a guy whose pedigree opened doors all the way to the White House get away with pretending to believe in meritocracy? By Pamela Burdman Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/06/24/uc_diversity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/06/24/uc_diversity/index.html?source=rss Black, Latino and Native American student numbers plunged when affirmative action ended. Now U.C. says they're back up -- but a close look at enrollment tells a more complex story. By Cathy Young Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/05/03/affirmative_action/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/05/03/affirmative_action/index.html?source=rss The most pernicious thing about racial preferences is the culture of concealment that they spawn. By Ivan Oransky Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/02/12/pcmd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/02/12/pcmd/index.html?source=rss A doctor argues that affirmative action and ignoramus patients organizations are ruining American healthcare. By Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/07/21/patriotism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/07/21/patriotism/index.html?source=rss By Philip A. Klinkner By Camille Paglia Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/pagl/2000/04/26/cpelian/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/pagl/2000/04/26/cpelian/index.html?source=rss Enough is enough! Lazaro's a strutting bullyboy, Marisleysis is a hysterical narcissist; Ralph Nader may get my vote; and Phyllis Diller vs. Gloria Steinem. By Alicia Montgomery Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics2000/feature/2000/03/27/connerly/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics2000/feature/2000/03/27/connerly/index.html?source=rss The man who has made it a personal mission to destroy affirmative action one state at a time explains why the policy is so damaging. By Joan Walsh Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/17/guilty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/17/guilty/index.html?source=rss It took a broken heart to teach me that guilty white liberals aren't the solution to America's racial strife, but part of the problem. By Max J. Castro Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/10/florida/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/10/florida/index.html?source=rss The Florida governor's kindler, gentler affirmative action reform draws a firestorm of protest from the very people it aims to help. By Alisa Roth Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/2000/01/14/uva_admissions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/2000/01/14/uva_admissions/index.html?source=rss The University of Virginia acknowledges it tracks applicants based on their parents' donor potential. By Fred Branfman and David Weir Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/11/11/choate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/11/11/choate/index.html?source=rss Pat Choate, the man behind the strategy to craft a left-right-center coalition with Pat Buchanan out front, reveals the plan to seize the White House next year. By Ray Sawhill Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/1999/11/10/sowell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/1999/11/10/sowell/index.html?source=rss Thomas Sowell talks about the arrogance of liberal elites and the loneliness of the black conservative.