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☆ Why Gen Z, Millennials, Boomers, and Gen X Fight: Generational Conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Kelli María Korducki | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Gen Z is soft, millennials are embarrassing, boomers are evil, and no one has thought about Gen X in years. But late this spring, Pew announced it would no longer use generational labels such as millennial and Gen Z in its research. By and large, Cohen shares Duffy's view that generational labels make it tough for both experts and laypeople to distinguish between generational traits and universal, or multifactorial, occurrences. To its credit, Pew has been transparent in acknowledging how the use of generational labels may have tilted its analyses. Pew "does believe generational research can be a useful tool in the right context," Parker told me.

Persons: Gen X, Pew, Kim Parker, Parker, Obama, Millennials, boomers, Gen Zers, Xers, —, Karl Mannheim, Louis Menand, Menand, Andrew M, Lindner, Sophia Stelboum, Azizul Hakim, William Strauss, Neil Howe, Strauss, Howe's, Baby Boomer, Portia, Zers, Gen Xers, Philip N, Cohen, it's, Bobby Duffy, Duffy, Stelboum, Hakim, Michael Dimock, Kelli María Korducki Organizations: Pew Research Center, Pew, Skidmore College, University of Maryland, College, Washington, King's College London Locations: Mannheim, New York City

☆ Opinion: ‘Lazy-girl jobs’ make more sense on TikTok than in real life
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Opinion Jill Filipovic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And the vast majority are not, in fact, shaping our lives and career goals around a TikTok trend. Some of us want to work to live, not live to work. Some of us are deeply ambitious at certain points in our lives, and then more focused on life outside of work at others. A lot of jobs aren’t particularly interesting, fun or meaningful. A lot of men do work jobs with fewer hours and less pay, or don’t work at all, but there’s no TikTok trend about it.

Persons: Jill Filipovic, ” Jill Filipovic, Jill Filipovic It’s, It’s, We’ve, Covid, don’t, ” Organizations: Twitter, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Pew Research, Fortune, Facebook Locations: New York

☆ Wesleyan University ends legacy admissions after Supreme Court decision on affirmative action
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

More Americans disagree with legacy admissionsToday, fewer Americans agree with legacy admissions. "This preferential treatment overwhelmingly goes to white applicants and harms efforts to diversify color," added Michael Kippins, litigation fellow at Lawyers for Civil Rights. The NAACP called on more than 1,600 U.S. public and private colleges and universities to commit to increasing the representation of historically underrepresented students and end the practice of legacy admissions. The reality is we've reached a pretty good consensus on the use of identity in college admissions. Legacy admissions 'could be deemed unconstitutional'Since the practice of legacy admissions has indirect racial implications, these challenges may have legal merit, according to Jeanine Conley Daves, an attorney at New York-based firm Littler.

Persons: Wesleyan University Joanne Rathe, Ivan Espinoza, Madrigal, Michael Kippins, Ivory Toldson, Alvin Tillery, Don Harris, Harris, John Roberts, Jeanine Conley Daves Organizations: Wesleyan University, Boston Globe, Harvard University, Civil Rights, Pew Research, Harvard, NAACP, Northwestern University's Center, Diversity, Diversity and Democracy, Supreme, Temple University School of Law Locations: Massachusetts, New York

☆ Wesleyan University is getting rid of legacy admissions. The school's president called the controversial practice 'embarrassing' and an 'unearned privilege.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Wesleyan University has ended legacy admissions, the practice of favoring applicants related to alumni. The university's president told The New York Times the practice is "embarrassing" and an "unearned privilege." The end of legacy admissions at Wesleyan comes after the Supreme Court's decision last month to end affirmative action, the practice of considering an applicant's race in college admissions. Meanwhile, donor-related applicants were almost seven times more likely to be admitted, whereas legacy applicants were nearly six times more likely, Insider reported. However, a Pew Research Center study showed 75% of participants disapproved of legacy admissions.

Persons: Michael Roth, Roth, Johns Hopkins Organizations: Wesleyan University, New York Times, Service, Wesleyan, MIT, Harvard University, Pew Research Locations: Wall, Silicon, California

☆ Opinion: I’m a conservative who’s waiting for Republicans to come to their senses
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Yaffa Fredrick | Opinion Adam Kinzinger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Traditionally committed to national security, global stability and law and order, my Republican Party — yes, I am still a Republican — is now weakening on all three fronts. And House members who cling to his message in an effort to win primary voters may very well suffer defeat in a general election. And then there’s the hostility these GOP extremists are directing at law enforcement, traditionally a wellspring of Republican support. Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio and several equally exercised Republicans members attacked a “weaponized” bureau for serving as an anti-conservative attack dog. On this evidence, I’d say that the extremists are hurting, not helping, the national Republican Party.

Persons: Adam Kinzinger, Kinzinger, Adam Kinzinger CNN That’s, Joe Biden, Let’s, Ron DeSantis, Republican Sen, Tommy Tuberville, Tuberville, Tuberville’s grandstanding won’t, It’s, it’s, Vladimir Putin, Christopher Wray, Jim Jordan of, Jordan, —, Wray, Donald Trump’s, Hunter, Matt Gaetz, FBI “, defund, Trump Organizations: CNN, Republican, Air National Guard, Republican Party, Adam Kinzinger CNN, GOP, National Defense, Defense Department, Pentagon, Pew Research Center, Republicans, Florida Gov, Senate, Defense, Reuters, Committee, FBI, Twitter, Trump Locations: Illinois, America, Washington ,, Georgia, Alabama, Ukraine, Russian, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Florida

☆ Wesleyan University Ends Legacy Admissions
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Vimal Patel | More About Vimal Patel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Why It Matters: Opposition to legacy admissions has grown. After the Supreme Court decision, legacy admissions came under heavy attack because the practice tends to favor white, wealthy applicants over Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Native American students. Polls also show that the public does not support legacy admissions. Some highly selective universities and colleges have dropped legacy admissions, including Amherst, Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon and M.I.T. The future of legacy admissions on campuses is uncertain.

Persons: Joe Biden, Alexandria Ocasio, Tim Scott, Johns Hopkins, Michael S, Roth, Mr, whittle, ” Mr, ”, Biden, Iván Espinoza, Madrigal Organizations: Republican, Pew Research Center, Carnegie Mellon, Wesleyan, Harvard, Yale, Department, ”, Civil Rights Locations: Cortez, New York, South Carolina, Amherst

☆ I Love You, Let’s Stalk Each Other
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Jessica Roy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

When the coronavirus pandemic forced Americans to turn to the internet for entertainment, home delivery and more, awareness of the way companies and governments use the personal data we publish online also increased. Ms. McKinney said that she had a few friends who don’t feel comfortable sharing their locations, but that she wasn’t a stickler for reciprocity. “Some of my buddies are private and don’t want me to see their location, but that’s fine: They must see my location anyway,” she said. It’s true that there is perhaps nothing more intimate than having live location sharing on — the level of trust you have to have in someone to willingly disclose just how much time you spend sitting in your apartment watching TV! But location sharing can also provide a feeling of closeness even when you’re far away.

Persons: there’s, ” Pew, McKinney, ”, ’ Organizations: Pew Research Center

☆ Millennials struggled to get jobs in the Great Recession. Right now, it's even worse for Chinese Gen Zers.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Sirena Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Youth unemployment in China has reached 21.3%, which is really bad. It's even worse than when millennials were trying to get jobs amid the Great Recession. There are 280 million Gen Zers in the world's second-largest economy. "Youth unemployment" was the buzzword. In 2022, there were 72 million millennials in the US; there are 280 million Gen Zers in China.

Persons: millennials, Zers, Gaga's, That's, Hillary Hoffower Organizations: Service, Pew Research Center, Bureau of Labor Statistics Locations: China, Wall, Silicon, COVID

☆ The AI boom is screwing over Gen Z
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Ed Zitron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Now, with the advent of generative AI, organizations are starting to automate many "junior" tasks — stripping away their dubious last attempt to "teach" young employees. America's young workers are headed toward a career calamity. Nobody wants to teach anymoreEven before the rise of AI, young people were facing an early-career crisis. This lack of care is clearly weighing on the young workers who need career development the most. Humans can be enhanced by AI, helped by AI, but replacing them with AI is a shortsighted decision made by myopic bean counters who can't see the value in a person.

Persons: there's, Gen, Gen Zers, it's, Gen Z, Louis, Zers, millennials, Peter Cappelli, Capelli, Paul Osterman, they'd, Osterman, they'll, ChatGPT, Qualtrics, What's, they're, Ulrich Atz, Tensie Whelan, New York University's, Atz, Whelan, —, There's, Knight, It's, Ed Zitron Organizations: Management, Federal Reserve Bank of St, National Association of Colleges, Employers, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, US Department of Labor, MIT, Pew Research Center, National Bureau of Economic Research, Gallup, Workplace Intelligence, Amazon, Boston Consulting Group, New York, New York University's Stern Center, Sustainable Business Locations: America, New, Fortune

☆ Hmong cuisine and culture are having a moment in the US. We spoke with the restaurateurs and farmers driving innovation.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

It marks a renaissance of sorts for the Hmong community, which has historically been insular. He also recently appeared on "Iron Chef" and was the first to serve Hmong food at the Minnesota State Fair. Though for decades, Xiong said Hmong businesses struggled to market outside the Hmong community. La Vang-Herr also opened her Hmong business in an area with few Hmong residents. Sean LeschMortchee's, a Hmong eatery in a former Wausau, Wisconsin, ice-cream stand, has also been a lifeline for the local Hmong community since opening earlier this year.

Persons: Yia Vang, Vang, James Beard, Kao Kalia Yang, Sunisa Lee, Lee Pao Xiong, Paul, Xiong, Peng Her, They're, We've, Diane Moua, Moua, Gemma Weston, Mai Vang, Pom, La, Herr, Sean Lesch Mortchee's, Sa Sor Lee, there's, Lee, Toua Xiong, we've, Pheng, we're Organizations: Service, Union Hmong, Minnesota, Fair, Google, Center, Hmong Studies, Concordia University, St, Pew Research Center, Hmong Institute, Twin Cities, Twin, American Farmers Association Locations: Wall, Silicon, Vang, Minneapolis, Oakland , California, Vietnam, Madison , Wisconsin, Minnesota, Twin, Siskiyou County, California, New York, Montague, Oregon, Portland , Oregon, Wausau , Wisconsin, Twin Cities, St

☆ What Really Happened in the Midterms?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Nate Cohn | More About Nate Cohn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

More than eight months later, all the data from the 2022 midterm elections is — finally — final. The two most rigorous reports, from the Pew Research Center and Catalist, are finished. You might imagine ways to square the two claims, but neither report offers a clear way to reconcile these competing stories. Catalist, a Democratic data firm, doesn’t mention a word on the partisan makeup of the electorate, despite possessing the data to do so. The Pew report, meanwhile, is framed around explaining how Republicans won the House popular vote by three points — an important outcome, but one overshadowed by the Democratic hold in the Senate and the razor-thin Republican House majority.

Persons: ” Pew Organizations: Pew Research Center, Republicans, Biden, Democratic, Pew

☆ One in two pet owners say their furry friend is equal to a human family member, survey finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

One in two owners say pets are just as important as human members of their family, a survey found. The US pet industry will be worth $200 billion a year by the end of the decade, Bloomberg forecasts. One in two pet owners think their furry friends are as much a part of their family as a human, according to a new survey. The online research surveyed the views of just under 3,000 pet owners in April. It found women were more likely to consider their pets equal to a human family member (57%) than men (43%).

Persons: groomers, Kristen Hawley, tartare, filet mignon, I'd Organizations: Bloomberg, Pew Research Center Locations: Francisco's, San Francisco

Even though Democrats held off a widely expected red wave in the 2022 midterm elections, Republican turnout was in fact stronger, and the party energized key demographic groups including women, Latinos and rural voters, according to a report released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center. The report serves as a warning sign for Democrats ahead of the 2024 presidential election, with early polls pointing toward a possible rematch between President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump. People who had voted in past elections but sat out 2022 were overwhelmingly Democrats. And for all the Democratic emphasis on finding Republican voters who could be persuaded to buck their party in the Trump era, Pew found that a vast majority of voters stuck with the same party through the 2018, 2020 and 2022 elections. Just 6 percent of voters cast ballots for more than one party over those three elections — and those voters were more likely to be Democrats flipping to Republican candidates than Republicans to Democratic candidates.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, Pew Organizations: Republican, Pew Research Center, Pew, Democratic, Republicans

☆ About 3 in 5 Americans think TikTok poses a threat to national security, a new survey shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new Pew Research Center study showed 60% of Americans see TikTok as a threat to national security. about the app's TikTok had about 150 million American users as of March. About three in five, or 60% of surveyed Americans view TikTok as a threat to national security, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center released Monday. Of the Republican and Republican-leaning respondents, 70% perceived TikTok as a national security threat, compared to 53% of the Democratic and Democratic-leaning respondents. A separate Pew study released back in March showed that 50% of Americans supported banning the TikTok app.

Persons: TikTok, —, Insider's Sawdah, Shou Zi Organizations: Pew Research, Morning, Pew Research Center, Republican, Democratic Locations: Montana, China

☆ Meta laid off staff on disinformation teams responsible for election safety, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meta made cuts to teams responsible for combatting political disinformation, CNN reported. Meta laid off some staff members on teams that were responsible for combatting election disinformation and troll or harassment campaigns, CNN reported. Several people who helped tackle disinformation campaigns during last year's midterm elections were laid off last fall and spring, per CNN. Some Meta staff were left making up their own tasks or avoiding work as the layoffs left them in limbo, according to Bloomberg. And Reuters reported on staff criticizing Zuckerberg in an internal forum, saying he's "shattered the morale and confidence in leadership."

Persons: Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, he'd, Zuckerberg, we've, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis Organizations: CNN, Facebook, Bloomberg, Reuters, Meta, Pew Research Locations: Meta's

☆ The economy feels worse than it actually is because people were spoiled by the snap-back recovery after the pandemic crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Americans feel bad about the economy, even though data shows a booming labor market. The recovery from the pandemic recession reset everyone's expectations about what a good economy looks like. Americans are feeling bad about the economy, and some of that is likely due to inflation eating at their budgets. Consumer confidence is still low, and, as JPMorgan Asset Management chief global strategist David Kelly writes, Americans feel an "unreasonable level of gloom." In short, the things that used to make Americans feel good or bad about the economy aren't as consequential anymore.

Persons: Aaron Terrazas, Labor Julie Su, that's, David Kelly, Kelly, Terrazas, —, would've Organizations: Service, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Labor, Pew Research Center, JPMorgan Asset Management, Fed Locations: Wall, Silicon, America

☆ What the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action could mean for legacy applicants
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

watch nowAfter the Supreme Court's ruling on the affirmative action admission policies of Harvard and the University of North Carolina, decades-old legacy preferences are facing new challenges. The court's ruling was considered a massive blow to efforts to boost enrollment of minorities at American universities through policies that considered applicants' race. Fewer people think legacy should factor into admissionsToday, more Americans disagree with legacy admissions. "This preferential treatment overwhelmingly goes to white applicants and harms efforts to diversify color," added Michael Kippins, litigation fellow at Lawyers for Civil Rights. Legacy admissions 'could be deemed unconstitutional'

Persons: Ivan Espinoza, Madrigal, Michael Kippins, Ivory Toldson, Alvin Tillery, Don Harris, Harris, John Roberts Organizations: Harvard, University of North, Harvard University, Civil Rights, Pew Research, NAACP, Northwestern's Center, Diversity, Diversity and Democracy, Supreme, Temple University School of Law Locations: University of North Carolina, Massachusetts

☆ Here’s one thing Baby Boomers and Gen Z have in common
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —There’s nearly a 50-year age gap between the oldest Baby Boomer and the youngest member of Gen Z. As Pew President Michael Dimock put it, a common misconception about Baby Boomers’ past serves as a reminder of a key question we should be asking as we talk about Gen Z today. Cultural critic Louis Menand has pointed out that another important detail often gets overlooked when talking about this chapter in Baby Boomers’ past. And Gen Z may not be as ‘woke’ as you thinkCould our understanding of Gen Z’s politics – frequently described as liberal – also be missing part of the picture? Joe Raedle/Getty Images“In poll after poll, we have found enormous diversity among Gen Z and their views,” she says.

Persons: CNN — There’s, Boomer, we’ve, We’ve, Z, Gen, Michael Dimock, Dimock, ” Dimock, –, Nixon’s, Louis Menand, ” Menand, Baby Boomer, “, ”, Owen Franken, Menand, Kim Parker, ” Parker, Parker, ’, Jean M, Twenge, there’s, Gen X, Silents, Gen Z, it’s, Reagan, Whitney Ross Manzo, David McLennan, ” Manzo, Young, Donald Trump, Joe Raedle, Bobby Duffy, Duffy, You’re, Ron DeSantis, Octavio Jones, Pew, who’ve Organizations: CNN, Boomers, Pew Research Center, Gallup, Woodstock Music, Pew, San Diego State University, Harvard, don’t, Meredith College, King’s College London, Republican, Florida Gov Locations: Vietnam, Nixon’s Vietnam, East Coast, Woodstock, North Carolina, Tampa , Florida, Tampa, Florida

☆ There are more women in the workforce than ever before
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Women’s labor force participation has rebounded from the pandemic “she-cession” and returned to its pre-pandemic form of making progressively historic labor market gains. By February of 2020, the labor force participation rate for prime working-age women was 77% — just shy of the record 77.3% set during the dot-com era, BLS data shows. The pandemic walloped the leisure and hospitality and education and health services sectors, where women make up the majority of the workforce. The economic evolution and recovery from the pandemic helped accelerate favorable drivers for women to enter the workforce. Separately, new research shows that although women were outnumbered by men in the US workforce, women could be disproportionately affected by businesses’ adoption of generative AI: One recent analysis estimates that 79% of working women (nearly 59 million) are in occupations susceptible to disruption and automation.

Persons: ” Julia Pollak, ZipRecruiter, “, ” Pollak, Allison Joyce, didn’t, they’re, That’s, University of North Carolina’s, Dana Peterson, we’ve, ”, ” —, Jeanne Sahadi Organizations: Minneapolis CNN, of Labor Statistics, Bloomberg, Getty, Baby Boomers, Pew Research Center, University of North, University of North Carolina’s Kenan, Flagler Business School, Conference Board, CNN Locations: Minneapolis, America, Bolivia , North Carolina

☆ Analysis: Why the Supreme Court won't see a backlash this time
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Harry Enten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The Supreme Court handed down several key rulings this past week that dismayed liberals. This majority of Americans who wanted abortion to be legal nationally have maintained their stance since the Supreme Court officially struck down Roe in June 2022. Rather, it’s how many people simply didn’t care enough to pay close attention to the affirmative action case before the Supreme Court. Ipsos’ survey found that 43% of Americans wanted the Supreme Court to allow the government’s student loan forgiveness plan to move forward, while 40% did not. This led to a historically strong performance for the party in the White House during the 2022 midterm elections and a major backlash against the Supreme Court.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Roe, Wade, Tayfun, Biden, hadn’t, Marquette, Ipsos, don’t, Wade didn’t Organizations: CNN, Supreme Court, Fox News, ABC News, Washington Post, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Pew Research Center, CBS, May Marquette University Law School, NBC, Roe, Supreme Locations: California, Kentucky, New York City, Marquette

☆ A record-high number of 40-year-olds in the US have never been married, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —If you’ve made it to your 40th birthday without tying the knot, you’re not alone, according to a recent report from the Pew Research Center. A look at 2021 US Census Bureau data found a quarter of 40-year-olds in the United States had never been married, the research center announced Wednesday. The findings were a “significant increase” from the 20% of unmarried 40-year-olds in 2010, according to the study. The findings, which suggest a shift in Americans’ views of the importance of getting hitched, differed widely to the statistics reported decades ago in 1980, when just 6% of 40-year-olds had never married, Pew reported. If the pattern continues, the research center anticipated that “a similar share” of never-married 40-year-olds would also get married in the coming years.

Persons: you’ve, you’re, Pew, ”, Richard Fry, ” Fry Organizations: CNN, Pew Research Center, Pew, University of Virginia’s Locations: United States

☆ Opinion: It’s time to bring these US military veterans home
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Opinion Saúl Ramírez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Bartolomé, a US military veteran, has spent the last 15 Fourth of July holidays in Mexico. “It’s a stab in the back.”Between 2013 and 2018, 250 US military veterans were placed in removal proceedings and 92 were deported. Unfortunately, an accurate count of deported veterans is nonexistent, because Immigration and Customs Enforcement does not keep a comprehensive record of removed US veterans. Veterans who did not receive a dishonorable discharge are entitled to a military burial in the United States. As a result, the urgency in addressing noncitizen military members’ precarious situation is particularly palpable now.

Persons: CNN —, he’s, Saúl Ramírez Christopher Smith Bartolomé, ” Bartolomé, ”, “, Joe Biden, Mark Takano, Sen, Alex Padilla, “ I’m, I’m, ‘ I’m, ’, Bartolomé, ‘ Don’t, they’ve Organizations: Harvard University, CNN, US Armed Forces, Pew Research Center, United States, Judiciary, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration, Immigration Services, Department of Defense, Immigration Systems, New, of State, Department of Justice, DHS, of Homeland Security, Committee, Veterans Affairs, Veterans, Los, Twitter, Facebook, Bartolomé Locations: Mexico, United States, Los Angeles

☆ The ground has shifted on gay marriage for conservative Christians.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Ruth Graham | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For decades, opposition to same-sex marriage was a marquee issue for the religious right in the United States. Activists like Anita Bryant, Jerry Falwell and James Dobson characterized homosexuality as a threat to traditional family life. Public opinion on same-sex marriage has turned rapidly toward acceptance this century. In the early 2000s, about 60 percent of Americans opposed it, according to the Pew Research Center. Another poll by Pew found that almost half of white evangelicals born after 1964 favored same-sex marriage in 2017, compared to about a quarter of older white evangelicals.

Persons: Anita Bryant, Jerry Falwell, James Dobson, Hodges, Tony Perkins, ”, Franklin Graham, Pew Organizations: Family Research, Christianity Today, Pew Research Center Locations: United States, Obergefell

☆ Views on affirmative action are split along racial and political lines.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Ruth Igielnik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But a close look at recent polling on the issue shows that attitudes about affirmative action differ based on whom you ask — and how you ask about it. Most respondents who disapproved of affirmative action said the policy made the admissions process less fair overall, and a narrow majority said it would result in less-qualified students being accepted. Affirmative action supporters, by contrast, largely said it ensured equal opportunity and improved students’ educational experiences. A majority of Asian Democrats who had heard of affirmative action said it was a good thing, while Asian Republicans were more likely to say it was a bad thing. Asian Republicans with a postgraduate degree were nearly twice as likely to disapprove of affirmative action than those with a high school diploma or less.

Organizations: Pew Research Center, Pew, Black, Democrats, Republicans

☆ Supreme Court ends affirmative action in college admissions
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that affirmative action in college admissions was unconstitutional. Earlier Supreme Court cases have upheld affirmative action — the practice of giving additional weight to applicants who belong to groups that have historically been the subject of discrimination — for four decades. Ever since former President Donald Trump cemented a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court, legal experts have expected the Supreme Court to do away with affirmative action altogether. Students for Fair Admissions brought two lawsuits that ended up before the Supreme Court last fall, against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, alleging they discriminated against white and Asian-American students. Every US college and university the justices attended, save one, urged the court to preserve race-conscious admissions.

Persons: —, Robert Blum, Donald Trump, Justice Thomas Roberts, Roberts, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sonia Sotomayer, Kevin M, Jackson, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Kagan, Amy Coney Organizations: Harvard University, University of North, Service, Fair, Ivy League, Pacific, Associated Press, NORC, for Public Affairs Research, Pew Research Center, Harvard, — Yale, Notre Dame, Rhodes College Locations: University of North Carolina, Carolina, North Carolina, States, America, American, Pacific Islander, California , Michigan, Washington, Arizona , Florida, Georgia , Nebraska , New Hampshire, Oklahoma, California, U.S, Princeton, Columbia, Memphis , Tennessee

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