January 25, 2023 12:40 pm
Florida’s Rejection of an AP African American Studies Course Is a Rejection of School Choice
Why is Gov. Ron DeSantis acting just like his opposition by attempting to dictate what students are permitted to learn?
Tags: censorship, education, race, REASON, School Choice
January 24, 2023 4:48 am
White House Backs High School Classes That Teach Racial Discrimination And Animosity
The White House made a target of Gov. Ron DeSantis again after his administration rejected a proposal to teach critical race theory in Florida high schools.
Tags: education, FEDERALIST, race, racism
January 23, 2023 6:35 am
Biden’s Housing Equity Plan Is More Likely To Waste Resources Than Curtail Zoning
Plus: How credit card companies became the porn police, the failure of the FDA’s ban on flavored vaping products, and more…
January 23, 2023 4:50 am
By Discarding Religion And Tradition, Modern Art Turns Men Into Morlocks
The new sculpture of Dr. and Mrs. King’s arms isn’t about race, art, or politics. It’s about whether we want to be human.
Tags: Boston, culture, FEDERALIST, race
January 23, 2023 12:05 am
Like DeSantis, Every Republican Lawmaker Should Block College Board’s Critical Race Theory Class
Refusing to allow this racially divisive curriculum into high schools is just the first step Republicans should take.
Tags: "Cultural Marxism", discrimination, education, FEDERALIST, race, racism
January 20, 2023 9:20 am
Wokeness Is Coming For Classical Christian Education
Classical Christian education is not ‘racist’ or ‘misogynist.’ Its texts address the universal truths about the human condition.
Tags: education, FEDERALIST, philosophy, race
January 17, 2023 2:10 pm
Yet Another Shady, Hypocritical Document Hoarder
Plus: The editors field a listener question on college admissions and affirmative action.
Tags: Civil Liberties, Congress, education, FBI, Politics, race, REASON, School Choice, transparency
December 16, 2022 12:05 am
With Failed ‘Ain’t No Mo,’ It’s Clear White Guilt And Racist Pandering Don’t Sell Seats On Broadway
The new Broadway play, an absurd political satire and lamentation of the black American experience, is set to close early due to poor sales.
Tags: FEDERALIST, race, racism, Slavery
December 7, 2022 2:45 pm
Time To End Affirmative Action? Live With David Bernstein and Kenny Xu
The authors will join Reason on Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern to discuss the Supreme Court cases alleging unlawful discrimination against Asian Americans by Harvard and the University of North Carolina.
November 29, 2022 1:00 am
Brickbat: It Doesn’t Add Up
San Francisco Mayor London Breed and other elected officials have criticized the city Election Commission’s decision not to renew the contract of Elections Director John Arntz. By their account, he took over a troubled department 20 years ago and turned it around, running smooth and fair elections. Even the commissioners who voted not to renew…
November 28, 2022 1:00 am
Brickbat: The In Crowd
A conservative legal group has filed a civil rights complaint against the Providence, R.I., school system with the U.S. Department of Education over the system’s “Educator of Color Loan Forgiveness Program.” The program helps pay off teachers’ student loans, but only if the teachers “identify as Asian, Black, Indigenous, Latino, biracial, or multi-racial.”
Tags: Civil Liberties, race, REASON, Student loans
November 16, 2022 11:13 am
The Originalist Debate About Affirmative Action
The Supreme Court grapples with the original meaning of the 14th Amendment in Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina.
Tags: race, REASON, Supreme Court
November 15, 2022 4:11 am
The ‘Whiteness’ Smear Is Really An Attack On Private Life, Relationships, And Universal Values
Identity politics aims to humiliate ‘whites’ by constantly accusing them of their presumed ancestors’ role in things they didn’t do themselves.
Tags: "Political Correctness", culture, FEDERALIST, race, racism
November 14, 2022 1:00 am
Brickbat: Banned in Britain
The British Advertising Standards Authority has banned a prison job ad by the Ministry of Justice because it shows a white guard and a black inmate, saying the ad promotes racial stereotypes. The ministry said that because the ad features an actual guard and prisoner it doesn’t promote any stereotypes but reflects a realistic interaction…