Social Justice Tag

U. Minnesota Twin Cities Considering Mandatory Course on ‘Race, Power, and Justice’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 03, 2025 1 Comment

“If approved, it would be in place for new Twin Cities campus students entering the University in Fall Fall 2027 and for transfer students entering in Fall 2029”...

Students Launch Petition After Scalia Law School Removes DEI Pages From Website

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 27, 2025 2 Comments

“With the Trump Administration’s seeming legal violations and circumvention of the norms of governance — and, more plainly, its attacks on our democracy — Antonin Scalia Law School has remained silent”...

After Joy Reid Firing, Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann Agree That MSNBC is a Hotbed of Racism

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 26, 2025 61 Comments

“They’ve only had four women of color host their own shows. They’ve now fired them ALL.”...

The Era of DEI is Not Completely Over Yet

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 11, 2025 1 Comment

"In fact, DEI is likely headed for the Supreme Court, where it might get an odd reprieve from the bench’s conservative majority."...

Mandatory Class on ‘Indigenous Health’ for U. Alberta Nursing Students Teaches ‘Systemic Racism’

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 08, 2025 2 Comments

"As Canadians, we have an obligation to incorporate this important part of our history into the basic curricula of all health professionals"...

Coalitions Are Forming to Fight Trump’s Ban on DEI in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 06, 2025 3 Comments

"They want a judge to declare that the executive orders are unconstitutional and to block the government from further enforcement."...

Brown University Medical School Places More Importance on DEI Than ‘Clinical Skills’ for New Hires

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 05, 2025 5 Comments

"Doctors who reviewed the criteria were alarmed, saying they reflect an unusually frank admission that merit is taking a back seat to DEI."...

Students and Professors in Alabama Launch Lawsuit to Fight Ban on DEI Policies

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 02, 2025 9 Comments

“The state legislative body has no right to censor and vilify these important and legitimate topics in our classrooms”...

Missouri State U. Ends DEI Programs and Closes Office of Inclusive Engagement

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 01, 2025 2 Comments

"The MSU Board of Governors, which met behind closed doors Monday, supported the changes."...

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Ibram Kendi’s ‘Center for Antiracist Research’ Shutting Down at Boston University, He’s Moving to DC

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 31, 2025 25 Comments

"The center’s 12 staff members will be employed through June 30 and will receive support with transitions"...

College Leaders Joining Forces to Fight Anti-DEI Legislation and Policies

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 28, 2025 3 Comments

“Don’t change anything until it is absolutely legally required”...

UC-Irvine Hosting Musical Performance About White Privilege

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 27, 2025 2 Comments

“engages white privilege as a discourse, casting the performative space as an opportunity to enlarge care and do better”...

Trump’s Orders on DEI Policies Reveal How This Ideology Took Over the University of Colorado

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 27, 2025 1 Comment

"The records acquired—the Faculty Diversity Action Plan proposals that resulted in successful hires—reveal the ambition of the diversity, equity and inclusion movement."...

Ohio College Students Protest Bill That Would Ban DEI Policies

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 23, 2025 6 Comments

"protested so loud that when the lawmakers tried to talk to the press in another room, their chants were in the background"...

Florida Profs File Lawsuit Over New State Law Restricting DEI in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 21, 2025 10 Comments

“The vague and overly broad language of S.B. 266 forces educators to self-censor, depriving students of a comprehensive education”...

Judge Rules Conservative Prof’s Lawsuit Against Arizona State’s DEI Training May Proceed

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 20, 2025 0 Comments

"Arizona Board of Regents argued in court documents the training is not mandatory and does not assign blame on white males"...

Marxist Group with History of Violence To Receive Permit for Inauguration Day Protest in DC

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on January 18, 2025 23 Comments

The National Park Service’s hands are tied. Until Trump takes office and Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum is confirmed by the Senate, the Biden administration’s farcical rules remain in effect....