Supreme Court strikes down Biden's student debt forgiveness program
Millions of federal borrowers will not see their debts decreased or erased. Roughly 1 in 8 Americans will have to restart loan payments as soon as September.
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The Supreme Court strikes down college affirmative action programs, and will rule on challenges to the student debt forgiveness plan. The contract between actors and studios expires at midnight.
Justices ban affirmative action in college admissions. What's it mean for the future?
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to John B. King, Jr., chancellor of the State University of New York system, about how schools are adjusting their policies and practices after the Supreme Court's ruling.
With affirmative action gutted for college, race-conscious work programs may be next
With the Supreme Court having ruled against affirmative action policies in higher education, some legal experts worry about the future of workplace diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions
The decision reverses decades of precedent upheld over the years by narrow court majorities that included Republican-appointed justices.
The Supreme Court rules against USPS in Sunday work case
The court ruled in favor of an evangelical Christian Postal Service carrier who refused to work on Sundays for religious reasons.
Supreme Court rules on right to seek religious accommodations at work
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Douglas Laycock about the Supreme Court's decision in Groff v. DeJoy to make it easier for employees to seek religious accommodations at work.
Supreme Court reverses decades of precedent by ending affirmative action
By a 6-to-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively ended race-conscious admission programs at colleges and universities across the country.
The Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action
Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Harvard law professor Charles Fried about the court's decision.
Read the Supreme Court decision reversing decades of precedent on affirmative action
The Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admissions are unconstitutional in a pair of cases involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Read the full opinion.