Under the microscope: The Harvard Law Review, under federal investigation for racial discrimination, is encouraging applicants to disclose their race as part of the application process.
That’s according to an email sent to all first-year law students and obtained by the Free Beacon‘s Aaron Sibarium. It asks applicants to “convey aspects of their identity, including but not limited to their racial or ethnic identity” through a 200-word “holistic review” statement used to select candidates from “a diverse set of backgrounds.”
“Lawyers who reviewed the memo said it provided further evidence of discrimination at the nation’s top law journal,” writes Sibarium, “and appeared to violate the Supreme Court’s warning, in its decision outlawing affirmative action, that essays may not be used to circumvent the ban on racial preferences.”
Award tour: President Donald Trump has slammed CBS News’ controversial 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris for deceptive editing. It’s the subject of an ongoing lawsuit from Trump and the editing was, at the very least, a colossal screw up. But to the Emmy Awards, the interview is an example of journalistic excellence.
The segment was nominated in the “Outstanding Edited Interview” category, our Andrew Stiles reports, a move that was “immediately panned by critics.” It wasn’t the only nomination to raise eyebrows.
Included among the nominees for “Outstanding Continuing News Coverage” is CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan’s series MisinfoNation: Extreme America, which is best known for an episode in which O’Sullivan and the deranged journalist Taylor Lorenz giggle their way through a conversation about Luigi Mangione, whom Lorenz describes as “handsome [and] morally good.” O’Sullivan “went on to claim that political violence in America was ‘mostly’ the product of ‘right-wing extremism.'”
Failing upwards: Barack Obama’s green energy loan czar, Jonathan Silver, resigned after politically connected solar panel company Solyndra defaulted on a $500 million loan his office issued. Biden’s pick for the role, Jigar Shah, has faced inspector general probes into his own questionable funding decisions and conflicts of interest. Naturally, the pair is teaming up to launch Multiplier, a “boutique” advisory firm that will teach green energy companies how to “accelerate their growth,” our Alana Goodman reports.
“The news comes as the Department of Energy scrutinizes the Biden administration’s loan decisions and weighs whether to cut or revise certain funding agreements,” writes Goodman. “The DOE inspector general has also been investigating potential conflicts of interest in the loan program.
“Both Shah and Silver came under controversy while serving as directors of the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office. Shah acknowledged this shared background on a recent podcast, joking that he and Silver spend their time together ‘talking about Senate hearings that made us uncomfortable.'”
Away from the Beacon:
- Not just Ibrahim Bharmal: Harvard has recently awarded fellowships and scholarships to nine anti-Israel activists, according to The Editors, leading students to “conclude that if you want a high-prestige, competitive fellowship, being a publicly known anti-Israel activist, even a disruptive one, certainly won’t hurt you and it may actually help you.”
- Goldman Sachs is revamping its years-old diversity programs like “Black in Business,” which is now described on the Wall Street giant’s website not as a program centered on race but one that helps entrepreneurs “stay in the black,” according to the Wall Street Journal. Creative!
- The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree: Tim Walz’s daughter Hope is out with a lengthy TikTok rant about… running, which she says is “political” and “a privilege,” something dad taught her when she started “getting into it” in high school.
This article was originally published at freebeacon.com
