Poll: Mich. split on affirmative action
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A ballot measure that would scrap many of Michigan's affirmative action programs is running about even in a new poll published Monday, with 41 percent of likely voters saying they would approve it and 43 percent opposed.
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ST. JOSEPH, Michigan  - Republican White House hopefuls John McCain and Mitt Romney are in a dead heat in Michigan three days before state voters decide their pick for the party's U.S. presidential nomination, according to a poll released on Saturday.
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Those left out of India's rapid economic boom are feuding over entitlements under the country's overburdened affirmative action system
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More than 40 percent of Americans think free trade is a good idea, but residents of the world's biggest economy are split over whether trade pacts hurt or help them personally, according to a poll released on Tuesday.
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The Supreme Court confronts whether race can be used in deciding where students to go to school on Monday, testing the willingness of President George W. Bush's two newest court appointees to overturn programs to foster racial diversity.
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Having heard the blather or ranting about Red vs. Blue states for some time, I decided that I could check the curious general claim that "Red states are beneficiaries of tax revenue".  Having obtained the data here about year-by-year comparisons of the states, I obtained some results for 2004.  My intent is to identify trends without much partisan bias (BTW, I'm a Nader voter) in an American viewpoint that's not so much grey, but purple.
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day shot down a proposal to create a &quot;multiracial&quot; box on freshman application forms -- a plan suggested by Regent Ward Connerly that quickly became a flashpoint in lingering debates over affirmative action.
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This week's resignation of its president points to an internal split: civil rights vs. economic progress.
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Rasmussen Reports - A plurality of 46% of Illinois voters would vote for a generic Democrat if the Presidential election were held today, while only 35% would vote for the GOP candidate. But Senator Barack Obama benefits more from the pro-Democratic leaning than does Senator Hillary Clinton.
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If there is a Âcredentials gapÂ between white and black law school graduates?
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Poll results released on Monday were  divided on who leads the U.S. presidential race, as two gave a  slight edge to Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and one showed a  slim margin of voters favoring President Bush.
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The public is a bit fickle about its schools, with mixed or even contradictory views about testing, vouchers and other education topics, a poll finds.
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Black Americans outraged at unequal treatment of pupils in high school dispute
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Don't get me wrong, I have nothing whatsoever against the Florida Gators. But I so hoped Florida would be voted No. 3. Not that I have any fondness for Michigan. Like a lot of folks, I had no desire to see an Ohio State-Michigan rematch in the BCS title game.
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The contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is dividing civil rights movement veterans as well as older and younger African-American voters
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Romney tries to motivate high schoolers amid final day on Michigan stump ... Huckabee tells Mich. supporters he understands struggles of working-class people ... McCain says he would retool job training programs as president ... Racially tinged disputes heat up between Clinton and Obama
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Civil rights activists say racism is behind opposition to a ballot measure that would strike language requiring segregated schools and poll taxes from the Alabama Constitution.