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Diversity in higher education. Back in the crosshairs.

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point.

Despite decades of legal actions, legislation, and U.S. Supreme Court decisions,

affirmative action in college admissions is still a political hot potato. The New York Times reports

that the Trump administration is focused on race-based admission, and critics fear that will weaken

protections for blacks and Latinos. Caught in the middle of the fastest growing minority,

Asian Americans.

Is the administration aiming for real change or signaling to its base of supporters?

Is the real enemy of diversity not race after all, but economic inequality?

Later on today's talking point, corporate consulting and military planning based on science fiction. First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Mormon. I'll be back with To The Point. Is the Trump administration on the hunt for reverse discrimination in college admissions, the exclusion of whites on behalf of blacks and Latinos, who head about the politics of affirmative action after decades of new laws and legal precedents.

Today's talking point, writers of science fiction are being paid for stories about the future by private clients.

The military wants worst-case scenarios, but corporate executives, they're looking for happy endings.

What are more about that.

First, this news update.

The latest threat from North Korea includes precise details, including the intended trajectory of four missiles.

They're said to be aimed at the waters near America's territory of Guam to teach President Trump a lesson.

Ankit Ponda is senior editor at The Diplomat. That's a magazine that covers the Asia-Pacific region. Welcome to our program. Good to be back with you, Warren. Thank you for having me.

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