Robertc Grier News Today

A historian of the conflict traces the path to disunion in the 1850s — and the lessons it holds for our own era of deep division.

The Supreme Court recently agreed to hear lawsuits against Harvard and the University of North Carolina for unconstitutionally discriminating against Asian-American students in its admissions program. As justices revisit the issue of affirmative action, they could learn something from John S. Rock, the first Black attorney admitted to practice before