Trump has promised to eliminate funding to schools that don’t nix DEI work – but half of the states are not complyingThe Conversation2 days
Trump orders colleges to share admissions data, with an eye on affirmative actionNPR Online News1 day
Trump Administration Halted Lawsuits Targeting Civil Rights Abuses of Prisoners and Mentally Ill PeopleProPublicaJUL 31
Columbia’s $200M deal with Trump administration sets a precedent for other universities to bend to the government’s willThe ConversationJUL 26
Four Years After Cop Was Filmed Slamming Black Woman to the Ground, Louisiana Passes Accountability LawProPublicaJUL 26
Claim that only 1.6% of Americans in 1860 owned slaves erases critical historical contextSnopes14 hrs
Grok says it’s ‘skeptical’ about Holocaust death toll, then blames ‘programming error’TechCrunchJUL 19
“Under the Microscope”: Activists Opposing a Nevada Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records ShowProPublicaJUL 26
How school choice policies evolved from supporting Black students to subsidizing middle-class familiesThe ConversationJUN 9
Pope Leo XIV’s link to Haiti is part of a broader American story of race, citizenship and migrationThe ConversationJUL 12
Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”ProPublicaJUN 9
Anti-DEI guidance from Trump administration misinterprets the law and guts educators’ free speech rightsThe ConversationJUN 9
Neither Rosa Parks nor her husband owned a car during the bus boycotts, according to historiansSnopes19 hrs
60 years of progress in expanding rights is being rolled back by Trump − a pattern that’s all too familiar in US historyThe ConversationJUL 12
No, Trump did not legalize corporal punishment in schools — nor does he have the authority toSnopes7 hrs
Supreme Court rules unanimously in favor of straight Ohio woman who claimed discriminationFOX NewsJUN 28
Rising house prices don’t just make it harder to become a homeowner – they also widen the racial wealth gapThe ConversationJUN 9
Trump Pledged to “Make America Healthy Again,” Then Cut a Program Many Tribes Rely on for Healthy FoodProPublicaJUN 9
Trump presented 'evidence' of 'white genocide' to South African president. The facts say otherwiseSnopes7 hrs
After he reached the Super Bowl, Colin Kaepernick’s racial justice protests helped expose US views toward sports activismThe ConversationJUL 5
A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender StudentsProPublicaJUN 28
Arlington National Cemetery removed links to webpages about Black, Hispanic and female veteransSnopes11 hrs
Fearless Fund’s founder has resigned, and it’s a sad reflection on the VC world for Black womenTechCrunchDEC 2024
The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision Harms Science, Education and HealthScientific American2 days
‘Everyday discrimination’ linked to increased anxiety and depression across all groups of AmericansThe ConversationJUN 28
Yes, Musk repost misleadingly claimed 'Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn't murder millions of people'Snopes1 day
“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under TrumpProPublicaJUL 12
A VC told Keely Cat-Wells to get a male, non-disabled co-founder — she balked, nabbed a $2M seed roundTechCrunchJUL 12
From Michael Brown to Sonya Massey, a decade of police antiblack violence causes grief, worry and coping for Black parentsThe ConversationAUG 2024
Trump is taking his message to the heart of some of the bluest cities in the US. Here's why.Business InsiderMAR 9
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts uses conflicting views of race to resolve America’s history of racial discriminationThe ConversationJUN 9
Maine girl involved in trans athlete battle reveals how state's policies hurt her childhood and sports careerFOX NewsJUL 19
Two Transgender Girls, Six Federal Agencies. How Trump Is Trying to Pressure Maine Into Obedience.ProPublica8 hrs
Obama library, begun with lofty DEI goals, now plagued by $40M racially charged suit, ballooning costsFOX News3 days
DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details — Even Domestic ViolenceProPublica1 day
'Smacks of blatant vote buying': Legal experts call Harris proposals for Black men 'unconstitutional'FOX NewsJUL 26
VA Dem slams DOGE fans, compares job cuts to the Holocaust: ‘First they came for the Jews...’FOX NewsJUL 12
Supreme Court upholds state ban on transgender minors using puberty blockers, hormone therapyUSA TodayJUL 12
Research on teen social media use has a racial bias – studies of white kids are widely taken to be universalThe ConversationJUL 26
Education Department “Lifting the Pause” on Some Civil Rights Probes, but Not for Race or Gender CasesProPublicaJUL 19
Tesla says it’s also being investigated by federal equal employment agency – TechCrunchTechCrunchAUG 2023
A 2003 Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action planted the seeds of its overturning, as justices then and now thought racism an easily solved problemThe ConversationJUL 5