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CBS News Affirmative action and the diversity dilemma Watch the CBSN Originals documentary "The Diversity Dilemma " in the video player above. It premieres on CBSN Sunday, April 18, at 8 p.m., 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. ET. Affirmative action policies were created to increase the representation of women and people of color in the workforce and on college campuses. But how affirmative action goals are implemented has been challenged in courts and public opinion since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law.  Gail Heriot, a law professor at the University of San Diego and a commissioner o...

Credit: Tracy J. Lee for NPR Why So Many Asian Americans Are Learning Remotely By at 7:03 am NPR Last month, Tsong Tong Vang was walking his 5-year-old grandson to the school bus in St. Paul, Minn., when, according to local media reports, a woman pulled up in a car and started yelling anti-Asian abuse and threats at him. Reports of such incidents have been growing around the country since early last year, amid public statements by President Trump and others linking China with the coronavirus pandemic. And they may be one reason for some Asian families not to...

Why So Many Asian Americans Are Learning Remotely By Anya Kamenetz | NPR   Tracy J. Lee for NPR Last month, Tsong Tong Vang was walking his 5-year-old grandson to the school bus in St. Paul, Minn., when, according to local media reports, a woman pulled up in a car and started yelling anti-Asian abuse and threats at him. Reports of such incidents have been growing around the country since early last year, amid public statements by President Trump and others linking China with the coronavirus pandemic. And they may be one reason for some Asian families not to send children to schoo...

Why So Many Asian Americans Are Learning Remotely By Anya Kamenetz  April 9, 2021 Last month, Tsong Tong Vang was walking his 5-year-old grandson to the school bus in St. Paul, Minn., when, according to local media reports, a woman pulled up in a car and started yelling anti-Asian abuse and threats at him. Reports of such incidents have been growing around the country since early last year, amid public statements by President Trump and others linking China with the coronavirus pandemic. And they may be one reason for some Asian families not to send children to school in-person right now. A...

  A young student attends online school from her bedroom. // Tracy J. Lee for NPR Last month, Tsong Tong Vang was walking his 5-year-old grandson to the school bus in St. Paul, Minn., when, according to local media reports, a woman pulled up in a car and started yelling anti-Asian abuse and threats at him. Reports of such incidents have been growing around the country since early last year, amid public statements by President Trump and others linking China with the coronavirus pandemic. And they may be one reason for some Asian families not to send children to school in-person right now.