In the courts and the public square, affirmative action is losing support.

A decision last week by the U.S. Supreme Court advances the movement to end racial preferences in college admissions. Is there an alternative that still assures systematically disadvantaged students have a chance? I consider that question today.

Readers share their views, many of them skeptical, on the newly released state school grades. And an expert in the job placement field gives encouragement to liberal arts graduates that there are jobs out there for them.

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Waymo autonomous vehicles operate across 65 square miles inside I-285 and have been involved in six incidents with Atlanta Public School buses since May. Waymo issued a recall because of their cars briefly stopping or slowing down before continuing forward while a bus was stopped and flashing its lights. (Courtesy of Atlanta Public Schools)

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