Earlier this week, a judge who blocked the FDNY from hiring recruits (because he found the FDNY's previous three recruitment exams discriminated against nonwhites) offered the city three options to hire 300 recruits. However, the city declined, saying, "The City respectfully believes that using raced-based quotas to select firefighters is both illegal and unwise public policy." more ›

After a parents of a rejected student filed a class action lawsuit, the Department of Education asked a federal judge to overturn a 1974 ruling that set in place quotas to keep the school 40% minority and 60% white. The DOE wants the court to overturn the ruling immediately so the 2008-2009 will be quota-free. more ›