affirmative action

Organization Trends
Thomas Sowell on Social Justice Fallacies: “Equal Chances” Fallacy
“Social justice” has become all the rage in academia, the mainstream media, and corporate boardrooms across America, spurred on by the violent Black Lives Matter movement and pseudo-thinkers like Robin…
by David Hogberg on April 8, 2024

Organization Trends
Thomas Sowell on Social Justice Fallacies: Racial Fallacies
"They [progresssives] all believe in a big role for government. They believe that elites like themselves should be preempting other people’s decisions through the power of government. They are very…
by David Hogberg on April 8, 2024

Organization Trends
Thomas Sowell on Social Justice Fallacies: Knowledge Fallacies
"They [progresssives] believe that the most consequential knowledge is concentrated in people like themselves. They want to preempt the decisions of other people because they feel that they can make…
by David Hogberg on April 8, 2024

Organization Trends
Thomas Sowell on Social Justice Fallacies: Affirmative Action
"The pandemic, like affirmative action, is another case of third parties setting priorities for other people. Now, it’s good that we tried to save lives during the pandemic. But once…
by David Hogberg on April 8, 2024

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #297: Antisemitism’s Link to Affirmative Action (with Heather Mac Donald)
In the wake of the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7 and Israel’s military response, America’s higher education institutions have been riven by radical pro-Palestinian demonstrations and a donor…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on December 15, 2023

Philanthropy
A Conversation with the American Alliance for Equal Rights’ Edward Blum (Part 1 of 2)
Edward Blum has founded several nonprofit public-interest legal organizations that have helped secure several major legal victories against policies and practices that accord preferences to people based on race. The…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 10, 2023

Philanthropy
A Conversation with the American Alliance for Equal Rights’ Edward Blum (Part 2 of 2)
Edward Blum has founded several nonprofit public-interest legal organizations that have helped secure several major legal victories against policies and practices that accord preferences to people based on race. The…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 10, 2023

Organization Trends
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
by Jonathan Harsh on August 25, 2023

Organization Trends
Affirmative Action is Failing Minority Students
A new analysis of the top American universities by the New York Times finds that black and Hispanic students are more underrepresented in higher education than they were 35…
by Hayden Ludwig on August 25, 2017

Blog
Podcast: Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Talks About the Racism Industry on the G. Gordon Liddy Show
On July 3 G. Gordon Liddy had a fascinating discussion on the “G. Gordon Liddy Show” with Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, founder of BOND (Brotherhood Organization…
by Matthew Vadum on July 12, 2009