Washington, June 17 (IANS) A federal judge in US city of Boston ruled that the Trump’s administration’s decision to terminate funding for diversity-related research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was illegal, accusing the administration of discriminating against minority groups. A dramatic federal courtroom scene has reignited a national reckoning over science, equity, and…
A disturbing video from Pinole, California, has gone viral, showing a woman of Indian-Fijian descent repeatedly using racist slurs toward a Black woman. The incident occurred on April 13 in the parking lot outside Pear Street Bistro and BMO Bank. In just 12 seconds, the woman—identified as 34-year-old Natasha Chand — was heard using the…
Starbucks was sued on Tuesday by the US state of Missouri, which accused the coffee chain of using a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion as a pretext to systematically discriminate based on race, gender and sexual orientation. In a complaint filed in St Louis federal court, Missouri accused Starbucks of tying executive pay to…
NEW YORK: On the night Stephanie Cosme died, her sister and brother said they received a curt explanation from a U.S. Air Force official who met them at the hospital: The civilian contractor was failing to follow protocol when she was hit by an aircraft’s rotating propeller and killed. The family would wait eight agonizing…
A recent report, titled ‘Poison Ivies: DEI and the Downfall of the Ivy League’ highlights how diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs are being implemented across all eight Ivy League universities. Published by the Equal Protection Project, led by Cornell Law Professor William Jacobson, the report takes a deep dive into the nuanced ways these…