U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is bringing the U.S. Department of Justice in line with President Donald Trump’s platform, as she continues the administration’s anti-diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility purge and appears to reverse the pro-civil rights agenda of her predecessor. On Wednesday — her first day in office — she issued a litany of […]
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Trump faults DEI hiring while discussing Washington plane crash
A close look at the FAA’s hiring policies under Obama, Biden and Trump shows that Trump mischaracterized the policies and misled about his actions and the actions of his White House predecessors. He also provided no evidence these policies had any connection to the fatal crash.
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HillmanTok Is Bringing Black Academia to the Masses on TikTok
Call it a Freedom School for the social media age. Hundreds of Black professors are making their classes available to the public for free on TikTok. Just as their analog predecessors sought to teach African American children through an informal network of Black-led classrooms beginning in the 1960s, this digital version attempts to broaden the […]
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With Inauguration Day on MLK Day, King’s Family Reflect on His Legacy
Sitting in his Atlanta home office with his wife and fellow civil rights activist Arndrea Waters King, Martin Luther King III can’t help but reflect on a deep irony: Martin Luther King Jr. Day coincides with the second presidential inauguration of Donald Trump on Jan. 20. He worries about the fact that his father’s only […]
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The Renewed Urgency of Preserving Black History
Black Voters and the Fight for Democracy is a multipart series that explores the stakes of the 2024 election for our communities. This project was produced as part of the Advancing Democracy Fellowship. Bold. Assertive. Unafraid of questioning people or circumstances. That’s how 82-year-old Rosita Stevens-Holsey describes her “Aunt Pauli.” “Even if she was talking […]
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What Reconstruction Still Has to Teach Us
We might be approaching a moment that resembles the end of Reconstruction in the 1870s, historians and legal experts say. In the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election, big-name companies, some Democrats, and their allies have been pumping the brakes on the push for equality, prioritizing achieving peace with President-elect Donald Trump over protecting vulnerable […]
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What Trump’s Second Term Could Look Like for Black Americans
The dread many Black Americans feel about Donald Trump’s triumph in the 2024 presidential election isn’t misplaced: He organized his reelection campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris around revenge — around how he and his allies can inflict the greatest amount of suffering on vulnerable groups and on those he considers enemies. Making things worse, […]
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Medical Schools Face New Obstacle in Push to Train More Black Doctors
Originally published by KFF Health News. JACKSON, Miss. — Jerrian Reedy was 9 when his father was admitted to the hospital in Hattiesburg, about two hours northeast of New Orleans, after sustaining three gunshot wounds. Reedy recalled visiting his dad in the intensive care unit that summer in 2009, even though children weren’t typically permitted […]
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Here are the steps North Carolina’s public universities are taking to obey a DEI ban
North Carolina’s 16 public universities and the North Carolina School of Science and Math have about six weeks to prove they are complying with a ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Some have already taken action to follow the directive, including the shuttering of DEI offices. In May, the UNC Board of Governors repealed its […]
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Kimberlé Crenshaw: ‘You Can’t Outrun’ the Attack on Racial Equality
As conservative politicians and judges widen their focus — targeting not just critical race theory but diversity, equity, and inclusion programs — Kimberlé Crenshaw is wrestling with a lot of emotions: frustration, sadness, distress. But surprise? Hardly. After all, she said, what’s playing out right now happens in any war. “If you attack an opponent […]