Commentary The Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 that racial preferences in college admissions violate the U.S. Constitution. At last! No student with high grades and test scores should be rejected in favor of a lesser applicant who happens to have a certain skin color. The evidence provided to the court showed that Harvard College and…

Commentary It’s common now to speak of the before times in contrast to the after times. The turning point was of course March 16, 2020, the day of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve, though authoritarian trends predate that. Rights were suddenly broadly throttled, even religious rights. We were told to conduct every aspect of…

Commentary Democratic politicians and their media toadies are warning that the Supreme Court is poised to rule against the use of racial preferences in college admissions, putting diversity on college campuses at risk. Don’t buy their alarmist rhetoric. Campus diversity is a scam. On Oct. 31, the Court will hear oral argument in Students for…

The Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka, Kansas, is expanding to sites in four other states and getting a new designation, according to an announcement on May 13 by the National Park Service (NPS). Brown v. Board of Education was the 1954 landmark Supreme Court decision that ruled segregation of public…

Freedom Rider Catherine Burks-Brooks held onto her wooden cane while sitting on the couch at her Birmingham home. The cane looks like it’s been through a history like hers. She is a striking woman with big eyes and a bigger smile, and her wrinkled but graceful fingers are loaded with big silver rings, each telling…

Commentary On Thomas Jefferson’s birthday, we should take our cue from the Tulsa Star, a now-defunct black newspaper. Its masthead from 1920 included statements of religious and political faith, including a paraphrase from the Declaration of Independence: “‘All men are born equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights which are life, liberty and the pursuit…

Commentary In May and June 2020, Black Lives Matter protests took place across the United States prompted by the death of George Floyd. The New York Times estimates that on June 6, 2020, alone, more than half a million people turned out to support Black Lives Matter protests across the United States. These protests took…

An elementary school in Colorado has gone viral on social media after promoting what appears to be a racially segregated event on the school’s playground. The Centennial Elementary School, which is part of the Denver Public School (DPS) system, has recently planned “Families of Color Playground Night[s].” The school’s calendar suggests that the first event…

A $1.5 million check was given to the City of Westminster, California, Oct. 19 by state Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) Oct. 19 that will allow for the completion of the Mendez Freedom Trail in honor of a 1940’s civil rights case that desegregated California public schools. In the 1940s, Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez attempted…

Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) on Tuesday likened President Joe Biden’s recently announced COVID-19 vaccine mandates to “modern-day segregation,” saying that they should be “rescinded” as they infringe upon the personal liberties of Americans. During an appearance on Newsmax, the Republican lawmaker was pressed by host Chris Salcedo about a viral video that showed a scuffle…