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Lois Banner made her racist remarks over the holiday weekend during the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians.

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“It’s pretty much a disaster.”

Dont use illegal decision-making like we have seen explicitly or as a proxy for race. >> sandra: andrea lucas, appreciate it, andrea. thank you. rich. >> sandra, todays ruling will have an impact far and wide. california where voters based race-based admissions in 1996 could provide a lesson to the states that relied on affirmative action for admissions. william is in los angeles, what can we learn from california, william? >> rich, one thing i didnt hear the president address, majority opinion ...

The whistleblower confirmed, im not the final say in how hunter biden will be charged and tried to move to dc. matt graves, the dc district attorney says, you will not be able to bring the case to d.c. merrick garland says, i dont know how he would get rejected to washington, d.c., ask matt graves. someone ask graves. >> steve: jim jordan, house judiciary, wants all of them to talk under oath. lets see if that happens. >> ainsley: supreme court set to release key decisions on affirmative action,...

Case, that is big issue in student loan case. i think there is good chance biden administration plan gets struck down. >> steve: there is religious liberty case regarding a postal worker? >> shannon: there is that, he didnt work on sundays. when he took the job, he didnt work on sunday. there is also case that has religious liberty implication, and she doesnt want to do pieceings where her beliefs differ. >> brian: and will it be common law to take off any day that might be religious day. >> ain...

Affirmative action case, higher ed. unc and harvard, two casis arguing same thing, can different universities use race as part of holistic admission approach? the schools argue it is best way to make sure they get diverse student body. groups of asian americans say we have nearly perfect scores, excellent gpas and they think the issue of race is working against them. the court has had many issues on t this, do they make a definitive statement today about using race. >> steve: have judges benefit...

Demand for talent in technology fields continues to grow quickly, outpacing the ability of many companies to find qualified talent.

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — More than 50 West Virginia University faculty members have signed an open letter "to oppose the Reduction in Force process currently underway."