A majority of colleges and universities require students to take courses related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in order to graduate, according to a new report. Speech First, a pro-free expression organization, examined the policies of 248 colleges across the country and found that 67 percent of them required DEI coursework to "satisfy general education requirements." Students enrolled in these courses are "subjected to courses advocating far-left ideological perspectives and pushing...
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in higher education has resulted in more than 100 job cuts at University of Texas campuses across the state. The losses echo or anticipate the potential impact of similar bans in other Republican-controlled states. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in higher education has resulted in more than 100 job cuts at University of Texas campuses across the state. The losses echo or anticipate the potential impact of similar bans in other Republican-controlled states. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in higher education has led to more than 100 job cuts across university campuses in Texas, a hit echoed or anticipated in numerous other states where lawmakers are rolling out similar policies during an important election year. Universities throughout Texas rushed to make []
The 5-person committee took less than 4 minutes to vote against a policy that's been in place since 2019. Next, the whole Board of Governors will take up the vote.
by Jose Ricardo G. Bondoc SAN FRANCISCO, CA (3/24)- On Wednesday (3/13), a diplomatic delegation from Cuba met with the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce (SFAACC) in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco. Cuban Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera said, “I am so happy to be here; we have traveled to cities […]
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When Joy and Jo Banner founded the Descendants Project in 2020, they didn’t expect to be defending their hometown firstWhen twin sisters Joy and Jo Banner founded their non-profit, the Descendants Project, in 2020, their goal was to protect the Black-founded “freetowns” in Louisiana’s river parishes. Like the Banners’ hometown of Wallace, many of the Black communities that abut the lower Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans were founded after emancipation by people who’d once...
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A week after Donald Trump hinted at an announcement on a national abortion ban, he seems desperate to put the issue to bed. "By allowing the States to make their decision we have taken the Abortion Issue largely out of play," Trump posted Monday on Truth Social, following a video announcement in which he said individual states should decide the issue. Good luck with that. Even within his own camp, Trump's announcement angered anti-abortion zealots, such as former Vice President Mike Pence and...
Attitudinal barriers are often the first wall of segregation that curtail opportunities, accessibility and equality.
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