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Links for July 22, 2005

Black, Hispanic students closing race gap

Federal Leak Case Has Formidable Grand Jury -- It’s Mainly Black Women

Tim Fay: Federal Over Hiring of Minorities FY 2004

ABIGAIL THERNSTROM AND EDWARD BLUM: It's time to let the "emergency" provisions of the Voting Rights Act die

Robert F. Drinan, S.J.: Prison Nation

Kay S. Hymowitz: What’s Holding Black Kids Back?

Memo at Reagan Library Sheds Light on Roberts's Civil Rights Views

UC Is Unbiased in Admissions, Analysis Finds

David Gelernter: No more cheating for a good cause

School Board May Have Stumbled Into Race Issue

WSJ Review & Outlook: Goodbye, Hawaii

Affirmative action ban proposal appears headed for court

John Fund: Volcanic Politics

MCRI: Frank Wu and Carl Cohen on affirmative action

NAACP Passes Emergency Resolution to Defend Affirmative Action in Michigan

Bill Giving Native Hawaiians Sovereignty Is Too Much for Some, Too Little for Others

Caitlin K. Myers: A Cure for Discrimination? Affirmative Action and the Case of California Proposition 209

Links for July 15, 2005

A Cure for Discrimination? Affirmative Action and the Case of California Proposition 209

Justice Dept. wants Akaka bill altered

Akaka Bill prospects brighter

Rehnquist Says He'll Stay on Supreme Court

Fred Barnes: President Bush is leaning away from nominating Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to the Supreme Court

Links for July 4, 2005

Latino Clout at Polls Lagging, Study Says

G.O.P., Democrats in Its Sights, Is Grooming Black Candidates

Mexicans in US gain voting clout

Got a Political Message for Hispanics? Poll Says to Deliver It in Spanish

Gregory Kane: 'Ethnomathematics' arrival adds to spin of multiculturalism

Pipelines Send Illegal Immigrants to U.S.

Jackson Calls for Black-Hispanic Coalition

Akaka bill has votes to pass, Inouye says

Links for June 25, 2005

GOP senator skewers Akaka Bill

Don Newman: The Akaka Bill Could Give Birth to the Nation of Aztlan

Tim Chapman: The worst bill you have never heard of

Red Chapman: Akaka bill: It's time to stop being intimidated

Ken Conklin: The Akaka Bill And Secession

2 Years Later

Robert Novak: No, Not Gonzales!

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights: Anti-Affirmative Action Threats in the States: 1997-2004 (PDF)

NAACP LDEF: Closing the Gap - Moving from Rhetoric to Reality

The Seattle School District argues for racial tiebreaker

Republican Policy Committee: "Why Congress Must Reject Race-based Government for Native Hawaiians"

William Kristol: O'Connor, Not Rehnquist?

Links for June 9-18, 2005

Possible Court Nominees Pose a Quandary for Bush

Glynn Custred: Bush's impeachable offense

Thomas Sowell: Liberals and class

Sebastian Mallaby: Bridge For the Underclass

Roger Clegg: Whistling Fairness

Richard Cohen: Aptitude Adjustment

Parents Sue Capistrano Unified School District over Racially Based High School Boundaries That Violate Proposition 209

David G. Savage: Justices Target Race Bias in Juries

Gallup: Public Splits, In "Major Racial Divide," on Michael Jackson Verdict

MCRI: Complaints continue in affirmative action petition campaigns

David Gelernter: Inequality, by the Numbers

Steve Sailer: Blondes Have Deeper Roots

Links for June 8, 2005

In S.F., Dean calls GOP 'a white Christian party'

Princeton U. Study: Ending affirmative action would devastate most minority college enrollment

Minority enrollment bounces back at U-M

Report: 22% of all American children under 6 have foreign-born parents

Hispanic Growth Surge Fueled by Births in U.S.

Steve Sailer: IQ And Disease: The Curious Case of the Ashkenazi Jews

Nicholas Wade: Researchers Say Intelligence and Diseases May Be Linked in Ashkenazic Genes

Dan Schnur: Why Latinos Are Walking Out on the Democrats

Upturn for Minority Students at Michigan

Dropping Affirmative Action Would Harm Black and Hispanic Applicants but Help Asian Applicants, Study Finds

MCRI: Business execs favor ban on preferences

MCRI: Complaint accusing anti-affirmative action group of campaign finance violations dismissed

Supreme Court Rejects Women's Sports Case

Links for June 2, 2005

The Democrats' Class Struggle

San Francisco: CIVIL GRAND JURY FINDS SF CONTRACTING PROGRAM ILLEGAL

Roger Clegg: Out of Touch & Out of Bounds

Steve Sailer: Don’t Worry, Democrats! This Hispanic Hype Is Hogwash

Minorities support 'racist' tests

Heather Mac Donald: Harvard’s Diversity Grovel

The Decline of Affirmative Action

U. Oregon: Outrage Over Diversity Plan

Faculty Demographics

Links for May 26, 2005

Dems, Jackson to Pay $200,000 in Fines

Dwindling Support

Tannette Johnson-Elie: Black workers hurt themselves by not taking bottom-rung jobs

Steve Sailer: Asian “Natural Republicans” Vote 75% Democratic—Any More Bright Ideas?

As Sun Belt Rises, Expect Political Surprises

A Latin Power Surge

U. Oregon: Diversity proposal roils university

MCRI: Group seeks opponents' list of donors

Dwindling Support

Right on Race Blog New Page 1

BUSH ADMINISTRATION

Bush: I've Made Opportunities for Blacks

Diversity Focus in Court Search

Immigration Sting Puts 2 U.S. Agencies at Odds

Bush woos supportive black audience in Indiana

Gov't Backs Off Idea of Civilian Patrol

CONGRESS

Tancredo pushes GOP to tackle immigration

Bill would keep Arizona scholars in U.S.

Senate shuns attempt to add agents