Review: Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement by Peter S. Cannellos. Simon & Schuster, 384 pp.

What Makes Sam Alito So Angry?

by Rodger D. Citron July 7, 2026July 8, 2026

Irked by liberals from Princeton to Yale and the Justice Department to the Supreme Court, the conservative jurist finishes another term unbowed.

Most people believed the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision to end affirmative action would cause a big drop in Black and Hispanic enrollment at the nation’s top colleges. What actually happened is more complicated.

Higher Education

After Affirmative Action: Takeaways—and Puzzles—From College Admissions Data

by Meredith Kolodner and Marina Villeneuve February 12, 2026February 11, 2026

The College Board, the non-profit organization that administers the SAT exam, caved to pressure from the Trump administration, scrapping its race-neutral Landscape tool. The decision undermines fairness and abandons high-achieving low-income students. Here, students walk through Harvard Yard, April 27, 2022, on the Harvard campus in Cambridge, Mass.

Higher Education

The College Board Capitulates to Trump

by Richard D. Kahlenberg September 24, 2025September 23, 2025

A protester carries a U.S. flag upside down as he walks past a burning building in Minneapolis on May 28, 2020, during a protest over the death of George Floyd.

Books

The Eternal Social Justice Summer

by Richard D. Kahlenberg September 11, 2025September 11, 2025

Supreme Court Caves, Again: Justice Brett Kavanaugh penned a solo opinion in another shadow docket case, indicating the Trump administration is likely to succeed in defeating the lawsuits against its ICE raids in Los Angeles.

Law and Justice

A Blinkered Supreme Court Blocks Relief from Racial Profiling

by Peter M. Shane September 10, 2025September 9, 2025

Books

Diversity Without Racial Preference

by Lloyd Green May 12, 2025May 11, 2025

Politics

Trump’s Blunderbuss War on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

by William Resh February 5, 2025February 4, 2025

Higher Education

A Harvard Champion of Affirmative Action Accepts Reality

by Richard D. Kahlenberg March 5, 2024March 4, 2024

Books

Confessions of an HBCU Grad

by Terry Edmonds January 16, 2024January 17, 2024

Law and Justice

The Supreme Court is Coming for Affirmative Action in the Military

by Garrett Epps September 19, 2023September 19, 2023

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affirmative action

What Makes Sam Alito So Angry?

After Affirmative Action: Takeaways—and Puzzles—From College Admissions Data

The College Board Capitulates to Trump

The Eternal Social Justice Summer

A Blinkered Supreme Court Blocks Relief from Racial Profiling

Diversity Without Racial Preference

Trump’s Blunderbuss War on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

A Harvard Champion of Affirmative Action Accepts Reality

Confessions of an HBCU Grad

The Supreme Court is Coming for Affirmative Action in the Military

The New Normal in Kyiv, Ukraine

How to Build a Big Tent

The Swastika and the Red Hat

A Different Kind of College Ranking

After the Closures

How Online Algorithms Rig the College Search Process

Best Colleges for Rural America

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