Government
Southwest Airlines reverses course on DEI hiring policyMajor airlines are changing course on discriminatory, race-based hiring practices that prioritize ideology over merit, after pressure from a legal group and the Department of Labor. In a press release… Read More
Public Education
Kansas Ed Dept. and Ed Board promote DEI and Critical Race Theory principles(The Sentinel) â The Kansas State Board of Education told the Legislature that the principles of Critical Race Theory (CRT) are not used in schools, but in December 2023, KSBOE … Read More
Government
What does it mean to be ‘woke’?(The Daily Signal) â âWoke.â You keep using that word, but I donât think it means what you think it means. A new survey shows that while most Americans… Read More
Courts
Illinois scholarship program illegally excludes applicants based on race, lawsuit claimsIllinoisâ scholarship for minority teachers violates the 14th amendment, according to a new lawsuit. The Pacific Legal Foundation and American Alliance for Equal Rights are suing Gov. J.B. Pritzker and… Read More
Public Education
Tim Walzâs K-12 ed appointee: U.S. âirreversibly racist,â âmust be overthrownâDemocratic vice-presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz may have acknowledged during Tuesday nightâs debate that heâs just a âknucklehead,â but his âradical overhaulâ of K-12 education in Minnesota suggests heâs more… Read More
Courts
Lawsuit: Colorado teacher claims he was fired for identifying as a proud American ÂA teacher is suing after allegedly being fired for refusing to accept his districtâs âanti-white and anti-American agenda.” Patrick Hogarty was an educator for nearly 20 years and the dean… Read More
Opinion
âAm I Racist?â movie a hilarious, devastating bunker buster for DEI, white guilt industrial complexImagine holding a mirror up to someone and having them blame you for their reflection. Thatâs pretty much the experience of conservative pundit and filmmaker Matt Walsh, with his surprise… Read More
Public Education
North Carolina school district spends $3K for âimplicit biasâ training(The Daily Signal) â A school district in North Carolina spent more than $3,000 on two hours of training in âimplicit biasâ for its school board members last year, according… Read More
Opinion
‘Watch out taxpayers’: Race-based funding bill filed in IllinoisOn Tuesday, July 30, 2024 I attended the press conference on higher education funding led by State Senator Kimberly Lightford and State Representative Carol Ammons. They introduced SB3965, a bill… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma Department of Education proposes rules for law that prohibits race and sex discriminationThree months after a federal judge suspended parts of a 2021 Oklahoma law designed to keep race and gender lessons out of public colleges, officials proposed rules aimed at restoring… Read More
Public Education
Louisiana governor strengthens CRT ban in public schools with orderLouisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is ensuring that Critical Race Theory (CRT) wonât be taught in public schools, the latest in a slew of states to ban teaching the controversial doctrine. Read More
Opinion
Critical race theory organizers plot their return to the classroom(The Daily Signal) â The top practitioners of critical race theory just held a weeklong âsummer schoolâ in Nashville, Tennessee, to strategize, assess the movement, and debate how best… Read More
Public Education
University of Missouri ditches DEI, joins dash to excellence in educationThe University of Missouri system (UM) is ending its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, as states around the country dial back DEI in favor of results-based education. And by… Read More
Public Education
Med school quietly scrubs race-based criteria following complaint(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A prominent medical school silently removed a race requirement from a National Institute of Health (NIH)-funded research program on its website following an October 2022… Read More
Courts
Law firm defends First Amendment rights of 6-year-old girl punished for âany lifeâ matters drawing(The Daily Signal) â The Pacific Legal Foundation has asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a lower court ruling in California that said elementary… Read More
Opinion
Protecting equal rights means abandoning DEI(The Daily Signal) â As someone who fought to ensure equal rights for all Americans beginning in the 1960s and â70s, Iâve been distressed by the overwhelming cultural revolution brought… Read More
Culture
Conservative activist targets Harley-Davidson over DEI after John Deere, Tractor Supply(The Center Square) â A week after John Deere announced policy changes related to conservative activist Robby Starbuck publicizing their corporate policies related to diversity, equity and Inclusion and pride… Read More
Culture
Medical internship program under fire for rejecting anyone who doesnât âidentifyâ as Black(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A medical internship program is under fire for allegedly racially discriminating against otherwise qualified applicants, requiring that applicants must âidentifyâ as black or African American. Read More
Government
California proposal to allow discrimination to help ‘marginalized’ quietly fails(The Center Square) â A controversial bill to amend Californiaâs constitution to allow for discrimination that helps âmarginalizedâ groups failed to be heard in the State Senate before a July… Read More
Public Education
Pittsburgh schools earmark $52K to address racism in math(The Center Square) â The School District of Pittsburgh will hire a consultant to put on a series of virtual workshops addressing racism in math. The district is … Read More