Public Opinion on Affirmative Action, Pence’s Testimony, and More

July 10, 2023

Protesters hold up signs about affirmative action in front of the Supreme Court

Reactions to the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action

“The country’s half-century experiment with affirmative action failed to persuade a majority of Americans—or even a majority of those whom the policy was intended to benefit—that it was effective and appropriate.” William Galston analyzes public opinion on the court’s ruling.

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Former U.S. Vice President and Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence attends the North Carolina Republican Party convention in Greensboro

Listen: The legal arguments behind Mike Pence’s January 6 grand jury testimony

Back in April, former Vice President Mike Pence testified before a federal grand jury as part of the special counsel’s investigation into the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. With more details available about the legal proceedings, Molly Reynolds, Quinta Jurecic, Mike Stern, and Eric Columbus discuss how these events add to our understanding of the January 6 investigation.

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The U.S., Japanese, and South Korean heads of state greet each other

Economic developments in the Indo-Pacific

China’s practice of economic coercion has raised alarm among policymakers in the United States, South Korea, and Japan. To find out more about economic coercion and how trilateral cooperation can help counter it, Andrew Yeo asks Kristin Vekasi a series of questions.

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