Columbia Global Reports

10/09/2025

“I fear that we are in the midst of seeing a lost generation of Black students at these elite schools.”

Justin Driver, author of THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, joins Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara to explore the history and future of equality in higher ed 🎓

Podcast Episode · Stay Tuned with Preet · 10/09/2025 · 1h 14m

10/08/2025

“A gripping look at the hidden infrastructure that binds the modern world—and the chaos that follows when it snaps.”

Kirkus Reviews reviews Samanth Subramanian’s THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES, on sale next week (and available for preorder now)!

Diving into a world of perils.

10/04/2025

Don't miss this excerpt from Samanth Subramanian's forthcoming book, THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES in the Guardian Long Read

The book is on sale Oct 14 in the US (27 Nov in the UK) but available for preorder now--> https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-web-beneath-the-waves

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/sep/30/tonga-pacific-island-internet-underwater-cables-volcanic-eruption

A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life

10/03/2025

“I really do believe that we are in the midst of seeing, or perhaps more accurately, not seeing a lost generation of Black students at elite colleges.”

Justin Driver joined the Divided Argument podcast to talk about his new book THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

🎧 listen to the episode:

Podcast Episode · Divided Argument · 10/03/2025 · 53m

10/02/2025

“I always try to read the best arguments for the opposing point of view, and Driver’s arguments in favor of affirmative action are the best I’ve read.”

D.E.I. is on David French’s mind, thanks in part to THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, by Yale Law School’s Justin Driver.

His latest for The New York Times Opinion Section ⬇️

The Trump administration is a mockery of the idea of meritocracy.

09/30/2025

"The Democratic Party establishment is doing what party establishments always do—counting on the other side to self-destruct so it can squeak back into power while changing as little as possible."

Tim Shenk, author of LEFT ADRIFT: What Happened to Liberal Politics, on the future of Democratic Party politics for The New York Times Opinion Section ⬇️

A blistering assault on economic elites, a moderate stance on cultural issues and a rejection of politics as usual. That’s how to remake the Democratic Party.

09/25/2025

“Why Live, animated by the Epstein’s clear passion, presents a stimulating introduction to a timeless topic.”

The Wall Street Journal reviews Helen C. Epstein’s WHY LIVE

From indigenous island communities to the American heartland, su***de rates seem to spike when old ways of life are upended.

09/24/2025

“Under the new regime, because universities are understood to be forbidden from accessing the racial checkbox data during the admissions process, black applicants are overwhelmingly incentivized to write essays that sound in racial woe.”

Justin Driver, author of THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, joined the Advisory Opinions podcast to talk about the consequences of the post-affirmative action model of college admissions.

Listen to the episode 👇

‘How do we want to be wrong?’

09/22/2025

📢 Coming this January from CGR:

THE TRIANGLE OF POWER: Rebalancing the New World Order, by Finland's president, Alexander Stubb

On sale January 13, 2026 in the US
(and the same day in the UK with Biteback Publishing!)

learn more & preorder now--> https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-triangle-of-power/

09/18/2025

Coming up next week!

Join Yale Law professor Justin Driver at Politics and Prose Bookstore for a conversation about his new book, THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

🗓️ Thursday, September 25 / 7pm
📍Politics and Prose, Conn Ave

Learn more--> https://politics-prose.com/justin-driver

09/17/2025

In 2023, the Supreme Court killed affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard.

With THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, Yale Law School professor Justin Driver considers new paths for inclusion and equity in college admissions.

on sale now! https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-fall-of-affirmative-action/

09/16/2025