The Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action based on race violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The opinion opens up a space for colleges to take race into account if, you know, racial factors have affected the student in some way he or she can explain with an essay. "I don't think harbors any illuminance that this is going to be the end of affirmative action either in colleges or in the corporate world"
French police shot and killed Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old immigrant of Algerian and Moroccan descent with a long history of criminal activity, sparking violent protest across the country. Is this France’s George Floyd moment—or something darker still? Stateside, the courts have been on a roll, preliminarily blocking the Biden administration from overtly colluding with social media companies and banning explicit race-based affirmative action in university admissions. The editors discuss the rolling civilizational crisis and, of course, remind you to read the damn site.