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This difference is despite seven decades of affirmative action, India's caste system - a four-fold hierarchy of the Hindu religion - remains deeply entrenched.

From BBC

Tanton admired Taylor’s 1992 book about the failure of affirmative action to fix race relations.

From Salon

Because I already know that D.C.’s three electoral votes are going to Harris anyway, it felt like an extremely affirmative act to cast my vote for her.

From Slate

Americans love the concept of equality under the law: That’s part of why the cases made by the Civil Rights Movement, the feminist movement, and the movement for same-sex marriage were so successful, even if these movements remain unfinished; it’s why programs like affirmative action have long been controversial, and why equality between groups with real biological differences—men and women—has been particularly hard to legislate and enforce.

From Slate

The penalties could be per customer or per bottle — the case will be prosecuted in civil court by the County Counsel’s Affirmative Litigation and Consumer Protection Division.

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