With today’s decision curtailing affirmative action in higher education, the Supreme Court has landed another powerful blow for older white America in its struggle against the kaleidoscopically diverse and more populous younger generations for control of the nation’s direction. The ruling by the Court’s six Republican-appointed justices prevents higher-education institutions […] Read more »
Race & Gender Identity Culture Wars?
Racial and ethnic discrimination continues to be a big problem and is a significant reason for the country’s political divide according to a majority of Americans. The Monmouth University Poll also finds there is more public support for teaching about racial inequality in schools than there is for teaching about […] Read more »
Sending troops to U.S.-Mexico border is popular. Other GOP policy planks are struggling.
The latest NBC News poll tests 11 different proposals and issues Republican presidential candidates are campaigning on so far — and the recent push on using the military at the border is resonating with general election voters, though they are down on several other high-profile policy planks. The most popular […] Read more »
The Public & the Supreme Court
It is “big decisions” week at the U.S. Supreme Court. While most people have an opinion about how the Court is handling its job, the details are often obscure to a substantial share of the public. This week’s decisions will come as surprises to many who don’t follow the Court’s […] Read more »
CBS News poll finds most say colleges shouldn’t factor race into admissions
The American public feels that many groups face discrimination today and widely believes that racism remains a problem in the country, at least to some degree — but it is more closely divided over affirmative action as a general policy, with a narrow majority supporting it. Those who feel there’s […] Read more »
Black Americans more upbeat but fear worsening racism, poll finds
An overwhelming share of Black Americans think the U.S. economic system is stacked against them and a slim majority believe the problem of racism will worsen during their lives, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll that explored the attitudes of the country’s second-largest minority group. The poll finds that Black […] Read more »