Read more affirmative action stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4993/affirmative-action.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:50:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63158/firefighter-ruling-leaves-guidelines-as-muddy-as-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYesterday's Supreme Court ruling in favor of a group of white firefighters looks likely to be a boon for employment lawyers instead of cities seeking clear guidance, experts tell the New York Times . The court's ruling makes it harder for employers to chuck out tests that overwhelmingly favor whites, and...http://www.newser.com/story/63158/firefighter-ruling-leaves-guidelines-as-muddy-as-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 7:47:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63107/high-court-rules-for-white-firefighters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge. In a 5-4 ruling along ideological lines, the court said that New Haven was wrong...http://www.newser.com/story/63107/high-court-rules-for-white-firefighters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 9:31:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62918/critics-blast-congress-for-lack-of-staff-diversity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCongressional staffs are so overwhelmingly white that Capitol Hill needs its own version of the NFL rule requiring teams hiring a head coach to interview at least one person of color, critics tell the Hill. Frustrated staffers, lobbyists, and aides point out that even though more minorities are being elected,...http://www.newser.com/story/62918/critics-blast-congress-for-lack-of-staff-diversity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 10:52:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61221/similar-lives-led-sotomayor-thomas-down-different-paths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe lives of Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas have parallels—humble beginnings, fatherless childhoods, Yale Law, affirmative action—but their conclusions are contrary. “For the first time, the Supreme Court would include two minority judges, but ones who stand at opposite poles of thinking about race, identity, and opportunity,” Jodi...http://www.newser.com/story/61221/similar-lives-led-sotomayor-thomas-down-different-paths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 07 Jun 2009 11:29:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60775/ahead-of-senate-hearings-racism-charges-fly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSonia Sotomayor’s views on race have become a hot button topic. But it’s just Republican “race mongering,” writes Derrick Jackson of the Boston Globe . Remember, the GOP “has been the party of racial code words,” from Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” to Reagan’s “state’s rights” speech. Now Rush Limbaugh compares Sotomayor to...http://www.newser.com/story/60775/ahead-of-senate-hearings-racism-charges-fly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Jun 2009 10:34:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60412/sotomayor-shows-democrats-true-face.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe people voted for Democrats, and Sonia Sotomayor reflects the views of the winning party. For that, writes Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post , she deserves confirmation. But Republicans should seize the moment to illustrate what liberalism leads to. They should call Frank Ricci, the firefighter Sotomayor denied promotion. “Let...http://www.newser.com/story/60412/sotomayor-shows-democrats-true-face.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 29 May 2009 9:38:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45638/sarkozy-makes-an-un-french-call-for-diversity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrance has a long tradition of official blindness to race, ethnicity, and religion; all citizens, in theory, are equally French. But in practice, French companies are reluctant to hire employees with non-French names or addresses in ethnic neighborhoods, and France's 555-member parliament has only 1 MP of color. In a...http://www.newser.com/story/45638/sarkozy-makes-an-un-french-call-for-diversity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Dec 2008 6:18:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38543/housing-meltdown-not-a-racial-issue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome conservative commentators have bypassed greedy Wall Street firms, reckless lenders, and a government asleep at the wheel to blame minorities for the credit crisis, Cynthia Tucker observes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. This a misguided move for many reasons, she writes. For starters, the affirmative action lending programs they blame...http://www.newser.com/story/38543/housing-meltdown-not-a-racial-issue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Sep 2008 16:15:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30706/in-harvard-law-review-presidency-signs-for-the-future.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs president of the Harvard Law Review, Barack Obama gave voice to a mix of conservative and liberal ideas and "maneuvered his way around pretty well," says the author of a new book about Harvard Law School. Politico dissects Obama's 1990-91 tenure in search of omens in the story of...http://www.newser.com/story/30706/in-harvard-law-review-presidency-signs-for-the-future.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Jun 2008 16:51:07 CDT