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Lula expands Brazil's affirmative action quotas for Indigenous and Black communities

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a new law to expand the country’s affirmative action policies

The Independent UK

Bigotry, Hypocrisy, and Trump's Admission of Afrikaners as Refugees

The Administration isn't wrong to admit white South African migrants. But it is wrong to exclude all other refugees, including many fleeing far worse discrimination and oppression.

India To Ask Caste Status In Next Census For First Time In Decades

India To Ask Caste Status In Next Census For First Time In Decades

India will conduct its first official caste census since independence, the government announced on Wednesday, a move likely to have far-reaching consequences for its politics and contentious affirmative action policies.

International Business Times

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American corporations didn’t want to diversify, anyway

After the murder of George Floyd, many companies turned to diversity initiatives that weren’t actually designed to bring change. That’s why they’re dropping them as quickly as they created them

The Guardian - US

US Naval Academy ends affirmative action in admissions

The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission to the service academy

The Independent UK

We analyzed racial justice statements from the 500 largest US companies and found that DEI officials really did have an influence

In 2020, American businesses responded to an unprecedented wave of racial justice protests with an equally unprecedented surge in corporate commitments. Even as President Donald Trump was calling protesters “terrorists,” companies in industries across the U.S. pledged donations, launched diversity initiatives and issued statements in support of equity and inclusion.

The Conversation

Texas’ DEI debate centers on a disagreement about whether programs perpetuate or prevent discrimination

Supporters say diversity initiatives close educational and income gaps born from a history of prejudice. Republican officials say they prioritize identity over merit.

The Texas Tribune

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Dean Treanor and Georgetown's First Amendment rights

Dean Treanor is right to assert Georgetown's First Amendment right to "teach DEI" in the face of Trump Administration threats.

Expressive Discrimination: Universities' First Amendment Right to Affirmative Action — Part 4

The final post in my serial blogging on whether private universities can use a Boy Scouts expressive association theory to have race-based affirmative action.

Expressive Discrimination: Universities' First Amendment Right to Affirmative Action — Part 3

Continuing my serial blogging on whether private universities can use a Boy Scouts expressive association theory to have race-based affirmative action.

Expressive Discrimination: Universities' First Amendment Right to Affirmative Action — Part 2

Continuing my serial blogging on whether private universities can use a Boy Scouts expressive association theory to have race-based affirmative action.

Expressive Discrimination: Universities' First Amendment Right to Affirmative Action — Part 1

Maybe some universities can continue to do race-based affirmative action, even after SFFA v. Harvard.

John McWhorter: Is 'Wokeness' Finally Dead?

New York Times columnist and linguist John McWhorter discusses the rise and fall of "woke," DEI and affirmative action, and his new book on the history of pronouns.

Do Trump and co want a world reclaimed by straight white men? It’s not certain they’ll get it

Do Trump and co want a world reclaimed by straight white men? It’s not certain they’ll get it

Trump calls diversity policies ‘immoral’ and Badenoch says they’re ‘poison’. But businesses know multiculturalism is good for the economy, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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Decades of civil rights advancement gone

We are witnessing a reversion back to Jim Crow

The Conversation

In spite of anti-DEI pressures, top corporations continued to diversify in 2024: new research

Despite the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision banning affirmative action in college admissions, and mounting pressure on corporations to eliminate their diversity, equity and inclusion programs, the top 50 Fortune 500 companies continued to diversify their boards in 2024.

The Independent UK

How Republicans won the DEI fight: ‘There’s this sort of white male grievance they’re catering to’

Trump order putting federal diversity workers on leave follows years of protests, campaign promises and a major turn against affirmative action at the Supreme Court

The Independent UK

McDonald's settles lawsuit over Latino scholarship program by opening door to non-Latino applicants

McDonald’s said Friday it is changing a scholarship program for Latino students after it was sued by a group that opposes affirmative action

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The Independent UK

Which US companies are pulling back on diversity initiatives?

A number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed after the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd

Trump Administration Moves To End Affirmative Action Programs

President Trump's administration is dismantling affirmative action and DEI programs in federal contracting and government, impacting diversity efforts.

McDonald's Steps Away From Diversity Practices

McDonald's announces rollback of diversity practices following Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action impacting corporate America.

The Independent UK

McDonald's is the latest company to roll back diversity goals

McDonald’s is ending some of its diversity practices, citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision outlawing affirmative action in college admissions

Black, Latino Enrollment at Harvard Law Falls by Half After Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Ban

Harvard reps noted that they remain committed to "fostering an on-campus community and a legal profession that reflect numerous dimensions of human experience"

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal On Boston School Admissions Policy

Supreme Court declines appeal on Boston's temporary high school admissions policy, sparking debate on affirmative action.

The Guardian - US

US universities are struggling to increase diversity. Are legacy admissions part of the problem?

Since the US supreme court banned affirmative action, university enrollment for students of color has dropped

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