Episode
VICE News Tonight: Episode 16
Overview
Harvard is being sued by a group hoping to end the use of affirmative action. The case reaches beyond Harvard and has created conversation in homes of high school kids applying to elite colleges across the country. VICE News follows three students from different racial backgrounds applying to Ivy League schools. Watch Mondays through Thursdays at 7:30 PM ET.
Details
- Series
- VICE News Tonight
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2019-01-30
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Episode 16 is Episode 16 in Season 3 of VICE News Tonight. It aired on 2019-01-30. The runtime is 25 min.
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