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Affirmative action should be based on class, not race
Focusing on the disadvantaged of all races is fairer and more appealing, writes Richard Kahlenberg, a scholar
By RICHARD KAHLENBERG
This essay is part of a debate on affirmative action this week. Click here to join the debate and cast your vote: “Should affirmative action be scrapped?”
Lifting sanctions will catalyse Syria’s recovery, says its central-bank governor
But the country must also modernise monetary policy, rewire banking and reconnect with global markets, argues Abdulkader Husrieh
An influential voice from the right laments Trump’s attack on universities
One version of thought control is being replaced with another that is worse, argues Richard Hanania
Tanvi Madan on the geopolitical shifts revealed by the India-Pakistan crisis
Russia is less visible, the Gulf more so, and America and China are rethinking their traditional roles
Interpol is no longer fit for purpose, say Rhys Davies and Ben Keith
Two human-rights barristers on how to address systemic abuse by authoritarian states
This time really is different for the dollar, writes Kenneth Rogoff
The greenback was already in decline. Donald Trump will accelerate the process
Trump’s revolution is the only way to save America, says the architect of Project 2025
Paul Dans argues that the system needed smashing and rebuilding