How a Conservative Activist Invented the Conflict Over Critical Race Theory | The New Yorker

Remote work turned out to be advantageous for people looking to leak information to reporters. Instructions that once might have been given in conversation now often had to be written down and beamed from one home office to another. Holding a large meeting on Zoom often required e-mailing supporting notes and materials—more documents to leak….

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To Shrink Learning Gap, This District Offers Classes Separated by Race – WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/to-shrink-learning-gap-this-district-offers-classes-separated-by-race-394d82dd?mod=mhp EVANSTON, Ill.— School leaders in this college town just north of Chicago have been battling a sizable academic achievement gap between Black, Latino and white students for decades. So a few years ago, the school district decided to try something new at the high school: classrooms voluntarily separated by race. Nearly 200 Black and…

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Can Colleges Be Racially Diverse Without Affirmative Action? Experience Suggests No – WSJ

The Supreme Court says American colleges can no longer consider race in their admissions decisions. Instead, they can try to build racially diverse campuses through less-direct means. Experience suggests that is going to be a hard slog. Nine states, including California, Oklahoma, Michigan, Texas, Florida and New Hampshire, have already banned race-conscious admissions, mainly as…

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The Mysterious Case of the Fake Gay Marriage Website, the Real Straight Man, and the Supreme Court

  Long before the Supreme Court took up one of the last remaining cases it will decide this session—the 303 Creative v. Elenis case, concerning a Colorado web designer named Lorie Smith who refuses to make websites for same-sex weddings and seeks an exemption from anti-discrimination laws—there was a couple named Stewart and Mike. According…

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Supreme Court Rules Against Affirmative Action in College Admissions – WSJ

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court found it unconstitutional to consider race in university admissions, eliminating the principal tool the nation’s most exclusive schools have used to diversify their campuses. Thursday’s decision will force a reworking of admissions criteria throughout American higher education, where for decades the pursuit of diversity has been an article of faith. University officials…

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Women Interviewing for Bill Gates’s Private Office Were Asked Sexually Explicit Questions – WSJ

Some people who sought jobs at billionaire Bill Gates’s private office described going through an extensive screening process that included being questioned by a security firm about their sexual histories, past drug use and other parts of their private lives that might indicate they were vulnerable to blackmail. Some female job candidates were asked whether…

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Schools can bar trans athletes from elite teams, Biden administration proposes – The Washington Post

The Biden administration on Thursday proposed new regulations that would allow schools to bar transgender athletes from participating in competitive high school and college sports, but disallow blanket bans on the athletes that have been approved across the country. The proposal was met with mixed reaction from transgender rights activists, with some saying that it…

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