The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the race-based policies of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Thursday, June 29, ruling such policies are unconstitutional, in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
Justice Clarance Thomas labeled the university's policies "rudderless, race-based preferences designed to ensure a particular racial mix in the entering classes."
A construction worker who hung a Confederate flag at a Massachusetts Department of Transportation highway construction site in Fitchburg will not be fired but will undergo diversity training.
The construction worker found the flag left on the side of the road and thought there would be no problem if he hung it, according to USA Today.
