Backers of Anti-Affirmative Action Initiative Fail Signature Drive in Missouri

Missourians won a major victory in the fight for fairness and equal opportunity on May 6 when the so-called Missouri Civil Rights Initiative (MoCRI) failed to qualify for the November ballot, the ACLU announced in the press release issued yesterday.
One of a series of ballot proposals California businessman Ward Connerly has spearheaded across the country, […]

AP: Race-Based Admissions in LA Schools OK, Says Judge

From the Associated Press (Dec. 12, 2007): 
The Los Angeles Unified School District’s practice of using race as a factor in enrolling students for its popular magnet programs doesn’t violate an anti-discrimination law, a judge has ruled.
In a ruling filed Monday, Superior Court Judge Paul Gutman upheld the nation’s second-largest school district’s integration plan, which also […]

Black Population Drops 9% in California Says New Report

Compelling State Interest will reveal a variety of statistics on the dramatic change in the socio-economic status of African-Americans in California. The presentation will be Oct. 26, 2007 at UCLA in the Economic Opportunity in California symposium.
African-American population in California dropped nine percent from 2000 to 2006, according to Census estimates reported in the presentation […]

Henderson Center for Social Justice report: Prop. 209 Impact on Women-Owned Businesses

The Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, will tomorrow issue “A Vision Fulfilled? The Impact of Proposition 209 on Equal Opportunity for Women Business Enterprises,” a new report documenting the 11-year impact of Prop. 209 on Women Business Enterprises (WBE) seeking public contracts in the […]

Civil Rights Project at UCLA Releases Key Report on Affirmative Action in Higher Education

UCLA’s Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, one of the nation’s leading research centers on issues of civil rights and racial inequality, on July 23 released a key report examining critical developments in affirmative action in higher education since the Supreme Court’s landmark 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger decision, which upheld affirmative action policies.
The report, “Charting the […]