Equality and Opportunity

Wai Wah Chin is the founding president of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance Greater New York and an adjunct fellow of the Manhattan Institute. An Ivy League name generally gets attention. That certainly happened worldwide with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in June of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA). And right now, a Vir ...

Brick-and-mortar restaurants complain about being harmed by food trucks because of their mobility and cost advantages. In response, local government officials often capitulate to pressure from restaurants and aggressively regulate food trucks. But that's a mistake that ultimately costs everyone—including brick-and-mortar restaurants. A researc ...

Since the Supreme Court put an end to college affirmative action programs last summer, many have been wondering what's next. Employment? Military academies? Public contracting? All three, it turns out. But nothing highlights the absolute failures of racial preferences more than a new lawsuit in Houston challenging the city's nearly 40-year-old m ...

The right to free expression and the right to earn a living go hand in hand. Entrepreneurship allows creatives to reject the stereotype of the starving artist by turning their artistic talent into a financially viable career. So when the government restricts the right of entrepreneurs to freely express themselves through art, it also restricts t ...

Mike Yoder, founder of Drone Deer Recovery Inc., is an entrepreneur. He saw a problem and came up with a innovative solution. Yoder founded his business in October 2022 to help hunters locate their downed game using advanced unmanned aerial vehicles (drones). Wounded deer and other game run off a significant distance after a hunt, often into den ...

Frederick Douglass, the American abolitionist and freedom fighter, fought tirelessly for equality under the law. In an 1857 speech condemning the Supreme Court's thoroughly racist and ahistorical Dred Scott decision, he called for an America that keeps the promise stated expressly in the Declaration of Independence. "He used his platform "to suppor ...

The visionary artist Andy Warhol once said, "Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it." It's true: Art that dazzles the senses for one may not excite another. But thanks to the freedom of expression recognized by the First Amendment, even if someone cannot see the beauty in art, they have no right to censor it.  Yet, in the small tow ...

Ever since chess was invented in India in the seventh century, it has transcended social and geographic boundaries. The "game of kings" is unsurprisingly played in the most opulent palaces, but it's also one of the most popular pastimes in the confined spaces of prisons. Today, online chess has emerged as a great equalizer, erasing barriers of c ...

The Supreme Court declined to hear a case that could have affirmed everyone's right to economic liberty—an unfortunate decision that highlights a problem much larger than one case. New Orleans social worker Ursula Newell-Davis would like nothing more than to help families with special needs children. Raising an autistic son, along with 25 yea ...