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Affirmative action's foes worked with conservative Chinese American organizations to sue two colleges over their admissions processes. The result was a victory for activists who have been trying to do away with affirmative action for years. What led to the June 29 decision by the Trump-packed Supreme Court finally to ban race-conscious affirmative action? In this month’s “Meet the BIPOC Press” feature with URL Media, our guests fill in the blanks in the media coverage and correct some of the misconceptions about affirmative action, systemic racism, and how we got here. This time, Laura Flanders and co-host Sara Lomax of Philadelphia’s WURD Radio are joined by Washington DC-based journalist Brandon Tensley, the National Politics Reporter at Capital B, a nonprofit national and local newsroom reporting for Black communities across the country, and Claire Jean Kim, a political scientist and Asian American studies professor at UC Irvine in Southern California. Kim is also the author of the forthcoming book “Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World”. How will the recent Supreme Court decision affect diversity and fairness in US institutions, and what does solidarity with African Americans specifically look like in the US today?

“As someone who teaches about anti-Blackness and race, I can tell you how much that impacts the classroom to not have more diversity in the classroom . . . It affects the quality of education for everybody.” - Claire Jean Kim

“One of the professors I spoke to  put it very clearly when I asked him, ‘What will the higher education landscape look like post affirmative action?’ He was like, we don't need to theorize, we don't need to sort of imagine it. We can look to where this has already happened . . . “ - Brandon Tensley

Guests:

Claire Jean Kim: Professor of Political Science & Asian American Studies, UC Irvine; Author, Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World (Cambridge University Press, 2023)

Sara Lomax: Co-Founder, URL Media; President & CEO, WURD Radio

Brandon Tensley: National Politics Reporter, Capital B News

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Music In the Middle:   “Sometimes I Wonder” by The Allergies from their full length album Tear The Place Up released on Jalapeno Records.  And additional music included- "In and Out" and "Steppin" by Podington Bear

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In this episode, Alfredo Ortiz, Elaine Parker, and Karen Harned discuss various legal cases and issues related to small businesses and the American dream. They focus on a recent Supreme Court decision on student loan forgiveness and Job Creators Network's involvement in challenging the administration's program. They also highlight other cases that demonstrate the administration's overreach and emphasize the need for accountability and upholding the Constitution. The speakers delve into the problems with college tuition and student loans, advocating for accountability, measurement of success, and finding solutions. They express hope for positive changes and stress the importance of holding the administration accountable.

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 put America (and specifically the deep South) on a voting restriction time out. Unfortunately, white supremacy is a petulant toddler and didn't learn a damn thing. We talk about exactly what the Voting Rights Act did, how Shelby County v. Holder gutted it and how we ran right back to our present day fuckery. 

Joe Biden makes a serious mistake when he repeatedly refuses to answer legitimate questions about his position on adding new justices to the Supreme Court—the same scheme of “court packing” that became FDR’s biggest blunder in 1937.

Biden says he’ll reveal his intentions after the election, but not before—denying voters a fully informed choice on November 3rd. The right answer should be easy: expressing confidence in the court and its moderate leadership by Chief Justice Roberts, while pledging no effort to add new justices unless there’s a sudden series of power-grabbing decisions that violate from the Constitutional mainstream.

Republican appointees have comprised the court majority for 45 years, but the Supremes have hardly moved in an ultra-conservative direction. Biden must ultimately come clean on his court-packing plans, or pay a political price for hiding information the electorate deserves.

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Joe Biden makes a serious mistake when he repeatedly refuses to answer legitimate questions about his position on adding new justices to the Supreme Court—the same scheme of “court packing” that became FDR’s biggest blunder in 1937.

Biden says he’ll reveal his intentions after the election, but not before—denying voters a fully informed choice on November 3rd. The right answer should be easy: expressing confidence in the court and its moderate leadership by Chief Justice Roberts, while pledging no effort to add new justices unless there’s a sudden series of power-grabbing decisions that violate from the Constitutional mainstream.

Republican appointees have comprised the court majority for 45 years, but the Supremes have hardly moved in an ultra-conservative direction. Biden must ultimately come clean on his court-packing plans, or pay a political price for hiding information the electorate deserves.

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Kevin McCullough and Denise Harley, of Alliance Defending Freedom, talk about the U.S. Supreme Court 5-4 decision in Louisiana that dealt another blow to the pro-life movement. Justice Roberts, who has never voted against an abortion law, was the deciding vote.

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Kevin McCullough and Denise Harley, of Alliance Defending Freedom, talk about the U.S. Supreme Court 5-4 decision in Louisiana that dealt another blow to the pro-life movement. Justice Roberts, who has never voted against an abortion law, was the deciding vote.

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Kevin McCullough and Denise Harley, of Alliance Defending Freedom, talk about the U.S. Supreme Court 5-4 decision in Louisiana that dealt another blow to the pro-life movement. Justice Roberts, who has never voted against an abortion law, was the deciding vote.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.