[Opinion] How Anti-Affirmative Action Crusaders Are Escalating Their War on Inclusive Democracy

How Anti-Affirmative Action Crusaders Are Escalating Their War on Inclusive Democracy

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published by Balls and Strikes. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s…

Johns Hopkins Lawsuit: How Conservatives Are Escalating Their War on Inclusive Democracy

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, in which the six conservative justices barred the consideration of race in college admissions, conservative activists have developed a new legal strategy: leveraging the post-SFFA climate to challenge facially neutral, class-based policies that seek to remedy longstanding educational inequities. Across the country, schools and universities are now gettin…