Tag: Affirmative Action
‘Systematically and unlawfully’: DOJ alleges Minnesota discriminates in hiring
(The Daily Signal) -- The legal standoff between Minnesota and the federal government continues to escalate, as the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division sued the state...
EXCLUSIVE: State DHS commissioner tells GOP senators she won’t rescind ‘racist’...
A Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) affirmative action hiring policy will stay put, despite protest from Republican lawmakers who have criticized it as...
Group threatens legal action against Minnesota’s affirmative action hiring policies
(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) sent a notice of legal action to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz concerning his...
Minnesota DHS policy draws attention to state’s ‘explicitly racist’ hiring practices
An affirmative action hiring policy at the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) is the subject of new scrutiny after Alpha News publicized details...
Legal group sues Gov. Walz over racial quotas on state board
The American Alliance for Equal Rights is suing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in federal court over race-based appointments to the Minnesota Board of Social...
George Floyd scholarship violates civil rights law: federal complaint
(The College Fix) -- North Central University’s George Floyd scholarship violates federal civil rights law because it is only open to black students, a...
U of M Twin Cities axes legacy admissions following affirmative action...
(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- The University of Minnesota is ditching legacy admissions, a mechanism by which children of alumni get preferential treatment within...
POLL: More black Americans support SCOTUS’ affirmative action ruling than oppose...
(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- A plurality of black Americans support the Supreme Court’s decision last month that struck down race-based admission policies at...
Affirmative action is dead, but the war is far from over,...
Minnesota’s Office of Higher Education appeared to indicate it will conduct business as usual in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that universities...
The promise of colorblindness in the law, realized
On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court made a groundbreaking decision which will directly impact Minnesota’s government institutions and universities. In Students for Fair...