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An industrial chemical is showing up in fentanyl in the U.S., troubling scientists
3 months, 1 week ago

An industrial chemical is showing up in fentanyl in the U.S., troubling scientists

LA Times  

UCLA project director Ruby Romero, left, and project manager Caitlin Molina demonstrate how they test street drugs. “We have no idea just how many people have been exposed,” Godvin said, but if the high prevalence among drug samples tested so far is any indication, “that translates to tens of thousands of fentanyl users being exposed to BTEMPS, sometimes at very …

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What is US Supreme Court's verdict on affirmative action that allowed universities to factor in race-based admissions?
1 year, 5 months ago

What is US Supreme Court's verdict on affirmative action that allowed universities to factor in race-based admissions?

Hindustan Times  

In a historic ruling, the United States Supreme Court on Thursday said that race could no longer be considered a factor in college and university admissions. Both programs lack sufficiently focused and measurable objectives warranting the use of race, unavoidably employ race in a negative manner, involve racial stereotyping and lack meaningful end points.” While the majority opinion noted that …

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Supreme Court Upheld Affirmative Action in 2003 but Planted the Seed To Scrap It
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Upheld Affirmative Action in 2003 but Planted the Seed To Scrap It

The Quint  

In my view as a race and equity legal scholar focused on business, the court had subtly established an affirmative action expiration date in its 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger decision. In that case, Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote in her majority opinion that “race-conscious admissions policies must be limited in time,” adding that the “Court expects that 25 years …

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The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Are Breaking History and Our Future
1 year, 5 months ago

The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Are Breaking History and Our Future

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. Nevertheless, Thursday’s decision by the Supreme Court striking down the use of race-conscious admissions at Harvard and UNC was no less devastating for being expected. Related From Slate There’s a Time Bomb in Progressives’ Big Supreme Court Voting Case Win It is not …

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Challenge to Harvard’s use of affirmative action was designed by a conservative to reach a friendly Supreme Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Challenge to Harvard’s use of affirmative action was designed by a conservative to reach a friendly Supreme Court

CNN  

CNN — In an ordinary Boston courtroom in April 2015, lawyers and activists at the first hearing of a challenge to race-based admissions practices at Harvard knew they would see each other again, eventually at the US Supreme Court. “UNC needs race-conscious admissions to achieve the diversity,” David Hinojosa, of the Lawyers’ Committee, wrote in their brief to the Supreme …

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Affirmative action under threat as high court hears UNC case
2 years, 1 month ago

Affirmative action under threat as high court hears UNC case

Associated Press  

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Once a bastion of segregation, the University of North Carolina now takes account of race to make up for its sordid history and to increase the number of Black students and other underrepresented minorities on campus. Even now, U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs noted in her 2021 decision upholding the university’s program, underrepresented minorities win admission …

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Here are the major cases before the Supreme Court this fall
2 years, 2 months ago

Here are the major cases before the Supreme Court this fall

LA Times  

Here’s a look at some of the major cases to be heard by the Supreme Court in the term beginning Oct. 3. Since the 1978 case Regents of the University of California vs. Bakke, the court has held that colleges and universities may consider race as a “plus factor” for Black and Latino applicants to create a more diverse class. …

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Archie Battersbee: UN issues injunction to stop UK turning off brain-damaged boy’s life support
2 years, 4 months ago

Archie Battersbee: UN issues injunction to stop UK turning off brain-damaged boy’s life support

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The United Nations has issued an injunction stating that Archie …

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The Supreme Court adds affirmative action to its potential hit list
2 years, 11 months ago

The Supreme Court adds affirmative action to its potential hit list

NPR  

The Supreme Court adds affirmative action to its potential hit list Enlarge this image toggle caption Charles Krupa/AP Charles Krupa/AP The Supreme Court said Monday it will revisit the question of affirmative action in higher education, deciding to hear cases challenging the use of race as one factor in admissions at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. With …

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US high court to hear challenge to race-based college admissions
2 years, 11 months ago

US high court to hear challenge to race-based college admissions

Al Jazeera  

Challenges brought by a conservative legal activist could bring an end to affirmative action programmes at Harvard, UNC. The justices on Monday agreed to hear lawsuits by a group called Students for Fair Admissions, founded by conservative legal activist Edward Blum, seeking to prevent Harvard University and the University of North Carolina from considering race in undergraduate admissions. The group …

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UNC may keep affirmative action in admissions, judge says
3 years, 2 months ago

UNC may keep affirmative action in admissions, judge says

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge has ruled that North Carolina’s flagship public university can continue to consider race as a factor in its undergraduate admissions, rebuffing a conservative group’s argument that affirmative action disadvantages white and Asian students. The group contended that UNC had gone too far in using race as a factor in admissions and had thus “intentionally …

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Opinion: UNC’s slap at Nikole Hannah-Jones is no isolated incident
3 years, 7 months ago

Opinion: UNC’s slap at Nikole Hannah-Jones is no isolated incident

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Nicole Hemmer is an associate research scholar at Columbia University with the Obama Presidency Oral History Project and the author of “Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics.” She co-hosts the history podcasts “Past Present” and “This Day in Esoteric Political History” and is co-producer of the new podcast “Welcome To Your Fantasy.” …

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College Road Trip: UNC Students Move Out After COVID-19 Outbreak
4 years, 4 months ago

College Road Trip: UNC Students Move Out After COVID-19 Outbreak

NPR  

College Road Trip: UNC Students Move Out After COVID-19 Outbreak College reopenings have been difficult, especially in the South, where coronavirus cases are surging? NPR's Elissa Nadworny is on a college road trip and reporting on this firsthand. Right now, I'm on campus at UNC Chapel Hill, where parents and families are here to move students out of the dorms …

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UNC Chapel Hill: Chancellor blames off-campus activites for surge in Covid-19 cases; sports to continue
4 years, 4 months ago

UNC Chapel Hill: Chancellor blames off-campus activites for surge in Covid-19 cases; sports to continue

CNN  

CNN — Off-campus activities caused a surge in Covid-19 cases among students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, despite precautions the school took to limit the virus’ spread, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said. “When activities began to happen off campus and then bringing some of that back into the residence halls, that’s where we began to see the …

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UNC-Chapel Hill reverses plans for in-person classes after 130 students test positive for Covid-19
4 years, 4 months ago

UNC-Chapel Hill reverses plans for in-person classes after 130 students test positive for Covid-19

CNN  

CNN — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill abruptly decided it will no longer hold in-person classes on campus after about 130 students tested positive for Covid-19 in the first week since classes began. In the past week, the Covid-19 positivity rate among students rose to 13.6% of the 954 students tested, and five employees also tested positive, …

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UNC has four Covid-19 clusters less than a week after classes resumed
4 years, 4 months ago

UNC has four Covid-19 clusters less than a week after classes resumed

CNN  

CNN — Less than a week into the start of classes, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced a fourth cluster of Covid-19 cases on campus. The latest cluster, defined as five or more cases in close proximity, was traced to the Hinton James residence hall, UNC said Sunday. North Carolina has a seven-day average of about 1,200 …

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UNC-Chapel Hill Classes To Move Online After 130 Students Test Positive In First Week
4 years, 4 months ago

UNC-Chapel Hill Classes To Move Online After 130 Students Test Positive In First Week

NPR  

UNC-Chapel Hill Classes To Move Online After 130 Students Test Positive In First Week Enlarge this image toggle caption Gerry Broome/AP Gerry Broome/AP Updated at 7:01 p.m. ET Monday The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is shifting undergraduate instruction entirely online after 130 students tested positive for the coronavirus during its first week of classes. She tweeted later …

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