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News (USA)
EPA employees launch a revolt against Trump’s racist policies just hours before polls open
EPA staffers are speaking out against Donald Trump’s ban on diversity training.
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Bias Watch
A hate group employee is now leading diversity & inclusion efforts in the Department of Education
Weeks ago, Sarah Parshall Perry was defending J.K. Rowling on the Family Research Council podcasts. Now, Betsy DeVos has bought her aboard to oversee inclusivity within the DOE.
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Politics
Donald Trump expands ban on anti-discrimination training because it causes “discomfort”
The Trump administration called anti-discrimination efforts “divisive, un-American propaganda training sessions.”
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News (USA)
Facing backlash from trans community and racism accusations, Mara Keisling won’t step down from NCTE
Despite saying she doesn’t know if the trans community trusts her, the founder of the embattled transgender organization isn’t leaving: ‘I can’t even express to you how frustrating this is to me.’
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News (USA)
Union files labor dispute charges against National Center for Transgender Equality
This comes after ex-employees of the NCTE banded together to write a scathing open letter explaining the alleged institutional discrimination that caused them to leave.
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News (USA)
Bernie Sanders calls out support for ‘Black or Latino or woman or gay’ diversity
Sanders said that the Democratic Party is too concerned with identity and not concerned enough with ideas.
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News (USA)
Interior Secretary tells employees diversity doesn’t matter anymore
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who made sure the pride flag wouldn’t fly on federal lands, is not a fan of diversity.
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News (USA)
One of America’s civil rights pioneers is passing the torch of LGBTQ progress
She knows where the movement should go, but it’ll be up to the new generation to take us there.
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News (USA)
A peek under the hood of Uber shows it needs to hire more women and minorities
As the car-for-hire company investigates allegations of sexual harassment, a survey shows it has a long way to go to diversify its ranks.
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News (USA)
Meet the big man on campus: first openly gay student body president at Texas A&M
Bobby Brooks ran on a platform of expanding diversity at the university, and won.