Featured Blogs archive for June, 2016

Politics Blog

Supreme Court Upholds Race-Aware Admissions

In a 4-3 vote today the Supreme Court upheld the University of Texas' admissions policy that takes into account the race or ethnicity of applicants who aren't automatically admitted under the school's "10 Percent" rule. (The top percentage of all Texas high school graduates are automatically qualified for admittance; it's …

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John Oliver Starts Miss. Company; Buys and Forgives $15m in Medical Debt

In a segment highlighting how easy it is to buy up old medical debt and learn about the patients who have it, John Oliver on his show "Last Week Tonight" put together a shell company to do just that.