The Gates Foundation says it will end racial exclusion in its flagship college-aid initiative, the Gates Scholarship. As of Sunday afternoon, the foundation’s website still describes the program as being limited to high-school seniors who are “from at least one of the following ethnicities: African-American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian & Pacific Islander American, and/or Hispanic American.” But in a statement to the Journal late Friday afternoon, a spokesperson said “it has been decided to expand eligibility to all Pell Grant-eligible students”—i.e., those with low incomes, regardless of race.
Pollsters and political campaigners don’t deny it; there’s a generational fault line in the federal election. Boomers are leaning toward the Liberals, since Mark Carney won the LPC leadership. And younger generations (Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z), angry about the cost of living, endorse the platform of Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives.
