The Justice Department’s test case to dismantle Minnesota’s affirmative action program turns on the viability of the US Supreme Court’s nearly 50-year-old precedent supporting narrowly-tailored ...

Decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court from the 1970s and 1980s recognized a narrow exception to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 under ...

On January 14, 2026, the United States Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Civil Rights Division filed a federal suit seeking to strike down the State ...

Responding to an executive order by President Donald Trump, Louisiana has removed affirmative action programs from its hiring ...

The Supreme Court of the United States has upheld the University of Texas’ affirmative action program, which helps minority students get admitted to the university, Politico reports. Suggested Reading ...

SOUTHFIED – On Feb. 15, LGBT community leaders will join civil rights activists in a town hall meeting about the importance of affirmative action. Titled, "The Promise of Equality: Affirmative Action ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi said the lawsuit is the department's "latest effort to bring Minnesota into compliance with federal law." ...

March 26 -- The Supreme Court re-entered the debate overaffirmative action, agreeing today to decide whether a federalprogram to help disadvantaged businesses amounts to unlawful racediscrimination.

Affirmative action is a program required of federal contractors to ensure equal employment opportunity. It requires good faith efforts to achieve and maintain a workforce where protected veterans and ...