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Tyler Austin Harper / New York Times:
I Teach at an Elite College.  Here's a Look Inside the Racial Gaming of Admissions.  —  Dr. Harper is an assistant professor of environmental studies at Bates College.  —  When I was in graduate school several years ago, I spent my summers getting paid to help Asian American kids seem less Asian.
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Tim Scott calls on universities to end legacy admissions  —  Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said now that the Supreme Court has limited the use of race as a factor in college admissions, colleges should eliminate legacy-based admissions next.  —  “I think the question is how do you continue to create …
Olatunde Johnson / TIME:
The Supreme Court's Decision on Affirmative Action Must Not Be the Final Word  —  The Supreme Court of the United States just limited the ability of universities to consider an applicant's race and ethnicity in admissions.  The cases—Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University …
Erwin Chemerinsky / Los Angeles Times:
The Supreme Court's ultimate ‘judicial activism’: striking down affirmative action in college admissions  —  For decades, conservatives have railed against judicial activism, but Thursday's decision striking down affirmative action by colleges and universities in admissions was the height of conservative judicial activism.
Joan Biskupic / CNN:
John Roberts doesn't want race to matter as he ends affirmative action for college admission programs  —  As he began reading excerpts of his decision eviscerating college affirmative action, in a hushed courtroom Thursday, Chief Justice John Roberts delivered on a singular long-held goal.
Sherrilyn Ifill / Slate:
The Supreme Court's Conservatives Are Breaking History and Our Future
Washington Post:
State affirmative action bans helped White, Asian students, hurt others
Politico:
In JFK's long shadow
Discussion: New York Times
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
19 thoughts on affirmative action
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Based Admissions at Harvard and U.N.C.
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Prosecutors are prepared to hit Trump and his allies with new charges, sources say  —  Prosecutors could bring between 30 to 45 additional criminal charges against the former president in the coming weeks, The Independent has learned  —  Trump calls indictment a ‘beautiful badge of honour and courage’
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CNN:
Former Trump campaign official cooperating with special counsel in 2020 election interference probe  —  Former Donald Trump campaign official Mike Roman is cooperating with prosecutors from special counsel Jack Smith's team in the ongoing criminal probe related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election …
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Top Trump campaign aide Susie Wiles met numerous times with special counsel investigators in documents probe  —  A senior campaign official for Donald Trump was allegedly shown a classified map by the former president during a meeting at his New Jersey golf club after Trump left office, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Discussion: Raw Story, Political Wire and Daily Kos
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Trump 2024 aide who allegedly saw classified map works for China lobbying firm
Discussion: Raw Story
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Special counsel office still investigating Trump's handling of documents, sources say
Discussion: Mediaite and Political Wire
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 participant, identified nearly two years ago, is arrested near Obama home  —  Taylor Taranto was identified by “Sedition Hunters” in August 2021 and has been living in a van near the D.C. jail.  He was arrested Thursday, more than two years after the Capitol attack.
CNN:
Biden's Iran envoy placed on leave after security clearance suspended amid investigation into possible mishandling of classified material, sources say  —  Rob Malley, the US special envoy on Iran, has been placed on leave without pay, which occurred after his security clearance was suspended earlier …
Steady:
Faltering Fairness  —  The Supreme Court guts affirmative action  —  The injustices of race in America infuse so many aspects of society.  They are the legacy of our often cruel and tortured history.  And they still reverberate today.  —  We may wish we lived in a society where the color …
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
In Affirmative Action Ruling, Black Justices Take Aim at Each Other
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Ketanji Brown Jackson Dismantles SCOTUS Conservatives in Blistering Dissent
Jason Leopold / Bloomberg:
Trump ‘Standing Order’ to Declassify Not Found by DOJ, Intelligence Agency  —  A “standing order” that former President Donald Trump has claimed authorized him to instantly declassify documents removed from the Oval Office could not be found by either the Justice Department or Office of Director of National Intelligence.
Philipp Hubert / The Intercept:
Top NIH Official Advised Covid Scientists That He Uses Personal Email to Evade FOIA  —  David M. Morens, a high-ranking official at the NIH, told prominent scientists discussing Covid's origins that he would delete emails.  —  A top adviser to Anthony Fauci at the National Institutes …
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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Ron DeSantis the 'Worst Candidate I've Ever Seen'—Former GOP Strategist  —  A veteran GOP political strategist has described Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as the “worst” presidential candidate he has ever seen.  —  Jeff Timmer, a senior adviser at the Lincoln Project …
Jeff Berardelli / WFLA-TV:
‘Off the charts’: Earth's vital signs are going haywire  —  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — In my 3 decade-long career being a weather forecaster, and now Chief Meteorologist and Climate Specialist, I have never observed so many of Earth's vital signs blinking red.  Meteorologists and climate scientists …
The Columbus Dispatch:
Ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder sentenced to maximum 20 years  —  Once one of the most powerful politicians in Ohio, Householder is now a convicted felon, guilty of racketeering conspiracy and breaking the public's trust.  He was immediately taken into custody.
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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Key document may be fake in LGBTQ+ rights case before US supreme court  —  Christian website designer says she received email request from same-sex couple but ‘author’ says he did not send it - and is not gay  —  The veracity of a key document in a major LGBTQ+ rights case before the US supreme court …
Harvard Admissions Lawsuit:
Supreme Court Decision  —  Today, the Supreme Court delivered its decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College.  The Court held that Harvard College's admissions system does not comply with the principles of the equal protection clause embodied in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Jesse Watters was invited to speak before a group of executives.  His remarks led to an ‘epic meltdown’  —  Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.  Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here.  —  CNN —
Associated Press:
Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95  —  Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died.  Her niece, the Rev. Bernice King, tweeted that her “beloved aunt” died Thursday.  She was 95.
Li Cohen / CBS News:
New Florida law allows roads made of toxic mining waste  —  Florida governor and presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis signed a bill Thursday that would allow for roads across Florida to be made with “radioactive” mining waste that has been linked to cancer.  —  The measure, brought forward …
Beth Harpaz / The Forward:
NYC mayor compared 84-year-old Holocaust survivor to a ‘plantation’-owner  —  A heated exchange between New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Jeanie Dubnau, an 84-year-old Holocaust survivor and tenant activist, ended with the mayor accusing Dubnau of racism.  —  “Don't stand in front …
Kent Walker / Google:
An update on Canada's Bill C-18 and our Search and News products  —  President of Global Affairs, Google & Alphabet … The Government of Canada has enacted a new law called Bill C-18 (the Online News Act), requiring two companies to pay for simply showing links to news, something that everyone else does for free.
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Nicolle Wallace Fails to Ask Biden About His Son Hunter's Guilty Plea During 20-Minute Interview  —  MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace discussed several topics with President Joe Biden during an interview on Thursday.  However, one topic was noticeably absent: his son Hunter Biden's guilty plea.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Deadline and TheBlaze
Miami Herald:
Ron DeSantis faces one setback after another in battle against LGBTQ rights  —  Multiple federal court decisions have frozen key portions of Ron DeSantis' campaign against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in recent weeks, complicating the Florida governor's efforts to present himself …
 
 
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Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Geraldo Rivera Says He's Quitting Fox News Altogether After ‘The Five’ Ouster
CNN:
Then-Parkland school resource officer who stayed outside during mass shooting found not guilty
Yoav Gonen / The City:
Eric Adams Personally Asked Outgoing NYPD Commissioner Not to Discipline Top Chief, Source Tells THE CITY
Reuters:
Trump says may skip first Republican debate, hold rival event
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
William Melhado / The Texas Tribune:
Judge says DPS must release documents related to Uvalde shooting response
Discussion: Fox News
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden: Expanding Supreme Court would ‘politicize it maybe forever’
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Kate Selig / Washington Post:
Pressure builds for FEMA to declare deadly heat events as disasters
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
New York Dems put abortion on the ballot in bid to retake the House
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CBS News:
Hunter Biden's former business partner was willing to go before a grand jury. He never got the chance.
 

 
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