I studied with the late Harvard professor who had a nuanced understanding of class and race in America.
Richard D. Kahlenberg
Richard D. Kahlenberg is Director of the American Identity Project at the Progressive Policy Institute and author of Class Matters: The Fight to Get Beyond Race Preferences, Reduce Inequality, and Build Real Diversity at America's Colleges.
Posted inMagazine
Inside the Fight to Revive American Civics
The right wants to erase unpleasant history, while the left talks of nothing else. Is there a middle ground?
Posted inHigher Education
The College Board Capitulates to Trump
The organization, which administers the SAT, scrapped a race-neutral tool for identifying high-achieving low-income students following pressure from the Trump administration.
Posted inBooks
The Eternal Social Justice SummerÂ
A much-maligned new book asks a fair question: Why do the excesses of the left offend voters more than those of the right?Â
Posted inHigher Education
A Harvard Champion of Affirmative Action Accepts Reality
As the university’s longtime president, Derek Bok fought for racial preferences. Now, the nonagenarian icon of the educational establishment not only bows to the monumental Supreme Court ruling against Harvard but also has wise ideas for making campuses truly diverse.
Posted inJuly/August 2023
Erasing the Color Lines
The problem of residential segregation is racial. The best solutions are not.
Posted inBooks
Trust Fund U
In January 2021, when the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would hear an appeal challenging Harvard’s use of racial preferences in college admissions, the institution’s president, Larry Bacow, sent a note to the university community positioning Harvard as a righteous champion of social justice. The Court, he wrote, was threatening Harvard’s ability “to create […]
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
The Limits of the Fair Housing Act
A new book shows the importance of the landmark law but also demonstrates that further class-based efforts are needed.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, September/October 2020
The Politics of Pretension
How the meritocracy bred smugness—and drove voters to Donald Trump.
Posted inBooks, Featured, July/August 2019
The Rise of White Identity Politics
White voters increasingly see themselves as a threatened ethnic group. By championing an inclusive American identity, liberal politicians can offer an alternative.
