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I Was Fired From Old Dominion for Asking Questions About DEI
When the presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania were forced out of their jobs, I wondered: How did those schools’ boards of directors let their ships come so…
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California Attorney General Accuses Children’s Hospital of Discrimination for Pausing Sex-Change Drugs for Kids
California attorney general Rob Bonta accused Children’s Hospital Los Angeles of illegal discrimination over its decision to halt sex-changes for kids—a necessary move to protect its bottom line after President…
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Mandatory ‘Indigenous Health’ class for U. Alberta nursing students teaches ‘systemic racism’
Professor says students learn ‘from Indigenous ways in terms of health promotion and being at one with nature’ A required nursing class at the University of Alberta teaches students about…
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Washington AG files lawsuit against Trump’s EO on youth gender reassignment procedures
(The Center Square) – Washington Attorney General Nick Brown has filed a multi-state lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s executive order banning gender reassignment procedures, such as mastectomies and puberty blockers, on…
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NYC Comptroller Brad Lander backs sex-change operations for minors, opposes Trump trans ban
City Comptroller Brad Lander lamented an underage kid’s access to puberty blockers in a tirade against President Trump’s executive order banning federal funding for sex-change surgeries and other treatments. “I literally…
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Civil rights officials probe four US medical schools over antisemitism at 2024 commencement ceremonies
The Office of Civil Rights within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced investigations into four medical schools over alleged antisemitic incidents during their 2024 commencement ceremonies. While…
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Letitia James harms kids by telling NY hospitals to ignore trans order
What’s more important: Playing politics or protecting kids? New York Attorney General Letitia James just gave her answer — and it’s the wrong one. She’s perfectly fine endangering kids for…
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DEI oaths in taxpayer-funded medical schools draw legal threats, bump against Trump orders
Rhode Island College got a break a year ago when the Supreme Court declined to review whether its taxpayer-funded officials could be held personally liable for failing a social work studentwho…
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Pfizer resolves conservative challenge to diversity fellowship program
Jan 31 (Reuters) – Pfizer (PFE.N), opens new tab has resolved a lawsuit by a conservative group that alleged that a fellowship program that the drugmaker established to…
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Pfizer, Anti-DEI Group End Suit Over Diversity Fellowship
Pfizer Inc. and a conservative group agreed to end litigation challenging the legality of the company’s multi-year Breakthrough Fellowship Program designed to build a diverse pipeline of scientific talent. Attorneys for…
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Pfizer Agrees to End Racially Discriminatory Fellowship, Resolving Anti-DEI Lawsuit
Pfizer has agreed to end its fellowship designed exclusively for black, Latino, and Native American applicants as part of its resolution of an anti-DEI lawsuit, in which the plaintiff argued…
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Pfizer Drops Discriminatory DEI Fellowship After Do No Harm Lawsuit
Pfizer publicly dropped race-based selection criteria from an internship program that discriminated against white and Asian applicants, settling a lawsuit with Do No Harm, an organization committed…
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Med schools less likely to hire white male professors, study finds
Authors argue it is racial minorities and women who need help White male doctors are less likely to get hired for entry-level positions, according to a study in the Journal of the…
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I’m a trans-clinic whistleblower — Trump is right to ban sex changes for kids
Is President Trump pushing gender-confused kids to commit suicide? This shocking claim hit mainstream and social media within minutes of the president’s Jan. 28 executive order banning federal funding for child sex-change treatments,…
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Meet the Asian American lawmaker working to end DEI in Iowa
‘Pervasiveness of DEI’ means ending it will take work at state, federal, and accreditor levels, Rep. Henry Stone says A retired member of the United States Air Force and former…
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Medical student sues Minnesota for racial quotas on ‘health equity’ council
Three days short of 45 years before the Supreme Court largely invalidated race-based affirmative action in college admissions as a violation of equal protection under the 14th Amendment, it struck…
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Trump issues executive order to ban gender-affirming care for minors
President Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive order meant to broadly restrict access to gender-affirming care for transgender children and teenagers younger than 19, inching closer to fulfilling a…
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Affirmative Action Is Still Alive and Well. Trump Can Kill It
Many institutions continue to discriminate on the basis of race. Here’s what the president can do to stop the practice once and for all. The death of affirmative action has been…
