Why Sandra Day O’Connor Saved Affirmative Action
Her struggle with the issue suggests that it won’t be easy to stop the consideration of race in admissions.
Evan Thomas
Evan Thomas was the editor-at-large of Newsweek until 2010. He teaches writing at Princeton University and is the author of First: Sandra Day O’Connor.
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