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The Problem of Campus Speech Is Even Harder Than You Think

As a principle of academic debate, speech should be presumptively allowed. The details of achieving that may get messy, but that goal is fundamental.

Walter Davis, Basketball Star With a Velvet Touch, Dies at 69

“Walter is a good shooter until the fourth period,” one coach said of Davis, a standout in both college and the N.B.A. “Then he becomes a great shooter.”

North Carolina Trustees Say Race Can’t Be Considered in Hiring or Admissions

The decision by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s trustees came after the Supreme Court said affirmative action in admissions was unconstitutional.

Edward Blum Worked for Years to Overturn Affirmative Action. He’s Not Done.

Edward Blum’s latest victory at the Supreme Court is the culmination of a long fight to take race out of college admissions. Is the workplace next?

At Harvard, Affirmative Action Shouldn’t Be Just Black and White

We are far more than six categories on a demographic form.