Affirmative Action: Selected Articles

• Camille Z. Charles, Mary J. Fischer, Margarita A. Mooney, and Douglas S. Massey, "Affirmative Action Programs for Minority Students: Right in Theory, Wrong in Practice," The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 27, 2009
• Peter Wallisten and David G. Savage, "Conservatives Invoke Obama in Voting Rights Act Challenge," Los Angeles Times, March 16, 2009
• "Erasing Race," The Economist, February 26, 2009
• Larry Gordon, "UC Regents Ease Admission Rules to Expand Applicant Pool," Los Angeles Times, February 6, 2009
• Linda Greenhouse, "The Chief Justice on the Spot," The New York Times, January 8, 2009
• Peter Wallisten, "Obama's Election Is Changing the Politics of Race," Los Angeles Times, January 6, 2009
• Edward Blum, "How to Weigh Race," Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2008
• Reeves Wiedeman, "Colorado's Singular 'No'," The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 21, 2008
• "Race and Red Tape," The Economist, November 13, 2008
• Gary S. Becker, "Racial Parity Hits the Wall," Hoover Digest, 2008, No. 4
• Dan Frosch, "Vote Results Are Mixed on a Ban on Preference," The New York Times, November 7, 2008
• Nate Jenkins, "Neb. Officials Reviewing Affirmative Action Ban," USA Today, November 7, 2008
• Michele S. Moses, Patricia Marin, and John T. Yun, "Ballot Initiatives That Oppose Affirmative Action Hurt All Students," The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 10, 2008
• Ian Urbina, "Social Initiatives on State Ballots Could Draw Attention to Presidential Race," The New York Times, August 10, 2008
• Lawrence E. Harrison, "Could Obama's Rise Signal the End of Black Victimology?" The Christian Science Monitor, August 6, 2008
• Rachel L. Swarns, "Delicate Obama Path on Class and Race Preferences," The New York Times, August 3, 2008
• Heather MacDonald, "A Preference for Truth," City Journal, Autumn 2008, vol. 18, no. 4
• Peter Schmidt, "3 States Poised to Vote on Affirmative Action," The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 18, 2008
• Stephen L. Carter, "Affirmative Distraction," The New York Times, July 6, 2008
• Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, "New Drive to Ban Race Preferences," The Christian Science Monitor, July 3, 2008
• Hugh B. Price, "The Obama Victory: Giving Affirmative Action Its Due," Real Clear Politics, June 24, 2008
• DeWayne Wickham, "Obama Doesn't Shrink on Affirmative Action Bans," USA Today, June 10, 2008
• Peter Schmidt, "Study Challenges Assumptions about Affirmative Action Bans," The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 8, 2008
• Peter Schmidt, "Scholars Mount Sweeping Effort to Measure Effects of Affirmative Action in Higher Education," The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 18, 2008
• Peter Schmidt, "Affirmative Action Foes Get Missouri Court Victory," The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 18, 2008
• Josh Dunn and Martha Derthick, "Affirmative Action Docketed," Education Next, Winter 2007, vol. 7, no. 1
• Heather MacDonald, "Elites to Anti-Affirmative Action Voters: Drop Dead," City Journal, Winter 2007, vol. 17, no. 1
• David Leonhardt, "The New Affirmative Action," The New York Times, September 30, 2007
• Peter Schmidt, "Civil Rights Commission Pressures Law Schools on Affirmative Action," The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 7, 2007
• Peter Schmidt, "Critics Challenge Affirmative Action in Texas, Citing Success of Alternatives," The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 3, 2007
• Stanley Fish, "History, Principle and Affirmative Action," The New York Times, July 14, 2007
• Derrick Bell, "Desegregation's Demise," The Chronicle of Higher Education," July 13, 2007
• Jeffrey Rosen, "Can a Law Change a Society?" The New York Times, July 1, 2007
• Lee C. Bollinger, "Why Diversity Matters," The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 1, 2007
• Peter Schmidt, "4 States Names as New Targets in Affirmative Action Fight," The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 4, 2007
• Peter Schmidt, "Justice O'Connor Sees 'Muddy' Future for Affirmative Action," The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 20, 2007
• Alison Leigh Cowan, "Wealthy Connecticut School District Starts to Grapple with Racial Imbalance," The New York Times, April 5, 2007
• Hugh B. Price, "Diversity Goals Help Kids in School--and Later in Life," The Press-Enterprise (California), February 16, 2007
• Tamar Lewin, "Colleges Regroup After Voters Ban Race Preferences," The New York Times, January 26, 2007
• Audrey Williams June and Peter Schmidt, "Court Tells Michigan Universities to Comply Immediately with Preference Ban," The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 12, 2007
• Peter Schmidt, "Legal Battles over a Ban on Preferences Heat Up," The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 5, 2007
• Tamar Lewin, "Michigan Rejects Affirmative Action, and Backers Sue," The New York Times, November 9, 2006
• Thomas L. Krannawitter, "Racial Preferences Mean Big Government," The Claremont Institute, October 30, 2006
• Harry Stein, "Now the GOP Is For Affirmative Action?" City Journal, Autumn 2006, vol. 16, no. 4
• Harry Stein, "A Preemptive Surrender," City Journal, Spring 2006, vol. 16, no. 2
• Brian C. Anderson, "The Left Loses College Kids," Los Angeles Times, January 28, 2005
• William Voegeli, "Killing Them with Kindness," The Claremont Institute, January 6, 2005
• Steven D. Levitt and Roland G. Fryer, "Falling Behind," Education Next, Fall 2004, vol. 4, no. 4
• William Voegeli, "The Perversity of Diversity," The Claremont Institute, August 17, 2004
• Abigail Thernstrom, "Close the Gap by Teaching Social Skills," The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 27, 2004

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