Affirmative action

Affirmative action

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  Malaysian elections expose worrying social schisms

  It was hardly the look of the victorious. Wearing a bright blue shirt and a grim expression, Prime Minister Najib Razak appeared before the media on ... 

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  Malaysia's opposition banks on new economic deal

  With less than a week to general elections, Malaysia's opposition alliance is banking on the promise of bold change to end the governing coalition's ... 

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  High court takes on a new affirmative action case

  The Supreme Court's decision to hear a new case from Michigan on the politically charged issue of affirmative action offers an intriguing hint that ... 

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  Diverse high court families mirror country

  With their Ivy League pedigrees and East Coast addresses, Supreme Court justices often are rightly described as unrepresentative of the nation. 

• SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Sitting out the speech

  While his colleagues got ready to go to the Capitol, Justice Antonin Scalia sat on a stage across town and held forth about why, for the 16th ... 

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  Are Hollywood awards by gender out of touch?

  Do Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Helen Mirren really need a category just for women — a singular kind of affirmative action — to snare one of ... 

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  King 'content of character' quote inspires debate

  "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content ... 

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  APNewsBreak: Sotomayor book offers personal look

  Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says in her upcoming memoir that her lifelong battle against diabetes and the fear that she might die early ... 

• US appeals court stays affirmative action ruling

  A federal appeals court is temporarily staying its declaration that Michigan's ban on affirmative action in college admissions is unconstitutional ...