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How affirmative action could cure cancer and heart disease

  • Written by Andrew Marks, Professor of Physiology, Columbia University Medical Center
imageKaylee Wedderburn-Pugh, a SPURS student, working to help find answers to Huntington's disease.Author provided. , CC BY-SA

Affirmative action programs are designed to provide access to high-quality higher education for underrepresented minorities, but the Trump administration is targeting these essential programs by directing resources toward...

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