Ruling against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina in two separate cases, the Supreme Court declared affirmative action unconstitutional on June 29. While the decision has sent ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about the Federal Reserve's next course of action and the prospect of a "soft landing." ...

Following the Supreme Court’s strike down of affirmative action earlier this year, questions have been raised over the continuation of legacy admissions — who currently make up around 15 percent of ...