Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a new law to expand the country’s affirmative action policies.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday signed a new law to expand the country’s affirmative action policies, ...

In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious college admissions. Now, data on the first class of students to enter ...

The Transportation Department initiative, which serves an estimated 49,000 contractors, was a key lifeline for many minority- ...

The Trump administration's Department of Transportation (DOT) has agreed to terminate a $37 billion program that takes race ...

People often associate affirmative action with efforts to end discrimination for people of color. But scholars say the greatest beneficiaries of affirmative action policies are white women ...

In 2015 Edward Blum, the conservative activist behind the push to end affirmative action, stood in front of a group of a dozen or so mostly Chinese Americans in a conference room in Houston.

A rally in support of affirmative action outside the Supreme Court on October 31, 2022. (Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age ...

Undeterred, they now seem poised to eliminate affirmative action, a reliable tool used for decades in efforts to advance racial equity in America. Last October, the Court heard arguments in two ...

Affirmative action plans ensure that both small and large businesses providing goods and services to the federal government, either through direct or indirect means, maintain an active system ...

Affirmative action is typically not a major focus for construction companies. With the difficulty of finding qualified workers, finishing complex projects, and dealing with a myriad of government ...

The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program encouraged contracting with minority- and women-owned businesses in the ...