Tag: Georgetown University

Georgetown Takes an Affirmative Action

Alice B. Lloyd · September 1, 2016 4:36 pm

Georgetown University will give preference in admissions to the descendants of slaves owned by the Maryland Jesuits as part of its effort to atone for profiting from the sale of enslaved people, the president of the prominent Jesuit university in Washington announced Thursday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Georgetown University to favor descendants of slaves in admission process

Kelly Cohen · September 1, 2016 4:13 pm

Kristen Soltis Anderson: Fixing a broken system

Kristen Soltis Anderson · August 17, 2016 2:53 pm

Slaves to History at Georgetown

Alice B. Lloyd · May 3, 2016 2:00 pm

Leading Republican warns of speech codes at colleges

Joseph Lawler · March 2, 2016 11:33 pm

Marissa Johnson, left, and Mara Jacqueline Willaford refuse to stand down after taking over the podium from Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Washington Secrets

Black scholar: Hillary better for blacks than Bill Clinton or Obama

Paul Bedard · November 30, 2015 5:23 pm

Earlier this week, a federal court jury found two retired detectives, Ronald Taylor and Norman Brooks, altered evidence in a way that imposed guilt on Gates, despite him being in jail for a different crime at the time of the murder. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

D.C. pays largest ever settlement in civil rights case

Anna Giaritelli · November 21, 2015 6:20 am

Using what he learned from Ludwig von Mises, Kim Kataguiri made a YouTube video about welfare in Brazil. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

Brazil’s economic freedom fighters are an example for Americans

Jason Russell · August 8, 2015 4:01 am

Red Alert Politics

Jimmy Kimmel spotlights the most outrageous hot dog gadgets ahead of 4th of July

Editorial Staff · July 3, 2015 12:52 pm

Catholic Church running out of priests, importing from Africa, Asia

Paul Bedard · June 4, 2015 12:41 am

Obama blames Fox News, ‘Obamaphones’ for resentment of poor

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2015 5:11 pm

Economic adviser Jason Furman drew attention to a number of key metrics that have risen over the year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Expiring pro-work tax breaks loom over Obama’s poverty push

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2015 9:00 am