#HigherEducation #DiversityEquityInclusion #StudentLoans
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WASHINGTON, DC -- The US Education Department is threatening to thwart a key college accrediting agency that serves as a "gatekeeper" for $100 billion in student loans and grants if it refuses to permanently nix its DEI standards.
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The NBA's reigning Rookie of the Year is learning a new role: Soccer team owner
Stephon Castle had been playing for a professional sports team for only a few months last year when the then-20-year-old began considering owning a piece of another.
#Politics #IllinoisElection #Diversity
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Will Illinois' Democratic Primary for Senate Divide Black Voters?
Reid J. Epstein reported from Chicago. Lisa Lerer and Shane Goldmacher reported from New York.
Only five Black women have ever served in the Senate, and Democrats who are trying to elect a sixth this year in Illinois worry that the chance may be squandered.
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17 Democratic States Sue Over Trump Demand Colleges Provide Race Data
The Trump administration wants colleges and universities to share information about the race and gender of applicants to make sure they're not using racial preferences in admissions.
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GOP Rep. Andy Ogles sparks backlash after saying Muslims 'don't belong' in America
A Republican congressman from Tennessee declared on social media Monday that "Muslims don't belong in American society," prompting backlash largely from Democrats.
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GOP Rep. Ogles says Muslims 'don't belong in American society'
Rep. Andrew Ogles (R-Tennessee) on Capitol Hill in 2023. (Tom Brenner/For The Washington Post)
Rep. Andrew Ogles (R-Tennessee) wrote on social media Monday that "Muslims don't belong in American society," becoming the latest Republican lawmaker to voice blatantly Islamophobic sentiments.
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He reported racism at VMI. Now he's lobbying to cut its Confederate ties.
Jeremiah Woods described a culture at the Virginia Military Institute that dismissed complaints of racism. (Emmet Howard)
Before White cadets at the Virginia Military Institute asked Jeremiah Woods if he would have preferred being a house slave or a field slave, or if he would have preferred to marry, kill or have sex with George Floyd, or told Woods he was "so freaking Black," he went to pray.
#Diversity #Inclusion #YouthPrograms
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Scouts Will Abandon D.E.I. Policies Under Agreement With Pentagon, Hegseth Says
Scouting America will discontinue programs and policies aimed at promoting diversity in order to maintain support from the Department of Defense, the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, said on Friday.
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Scouting America to alter policies including biological sex requirement to maintain military support, Hegseth says
Scouting America will change several of its policies at the urging of the Pentagon, including one targeting transgender youths, if it wants to keep the U.
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Defense secretary says Scouts America must end 'woke' merit badges
The move is part of a larger federal effort to force private groups to follow ideological directives.
The Pentagon is pulling back on plans to cut ties with Scouting America, as long as the nonprofit organization adopts policies that echo new military directives, including eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and banning transgender youth from the Scouts.
#ScoutingAmerica #DiversityAndInclusion #MilitarySupport
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Scouting America will alter its policies to maintain support from the US military, Pentagon says | CNN Politics
Scouting America will alter several policies at the urging of the Pentagon, including one targeting transgender youths, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday as he pushes a campaign against military support for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
#ScoutingAmerica #DiversityEquityInclusion #PentagonPolicy
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Scouting America will alter its policies to maintain support from the US military, Pentagon says
Scouting America will alter several policies at the urging of the Pentagon, including one targeting transgender youths, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday as he pushes a campaign against military support for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
#BlackArtists #GameDevelopment #DiversityInGaming
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ID@Xbox Developer Acceleration Program Celebrates Games from Across the African Diaspora - Xbox Wire
Black artists have had a tremendous impact in art forms such as film and music, with Black culture and stories reaching audiences around the world in record numbers.
#SystemicRacism #EducationalEquity #DiversityAndInclusion
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Hunter College responds after viral video of professor's racist remarks
Allyson Friedman, a professor at Hunter College, has identified herself as the person heard making racist remarks during a February 10 virtual meeting of New York City's School District 3 Community Education Council, according to an update from West Side Rag.
