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Social issues dominate in Women's Hall of Fame's new class
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A new group of National Women's Hall of Fame inductees includes social justice pioneers, groundbreaking physicians and women who have championed Jewish feminist theology and the financial well-being of Native Americans, the institute announced Wednesday. ...
Editorial Roundup: Minnesota
Minneapolis Star Tribune. March 27, 2023. Editorial: The case for rental assistance in Minnesota Increased funding in Minnesota would help low-income families, reduce other burdens. In many Minnesota counties, an average of 1 in 7 renters spends more...
Missouri House votes to ban diversity spending in government
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led House on Tuesday voted to ban state government spending on diversity, equity and inclusion, including at public colleges and universities. During work on the state budget, lawmakers voted to prohibit government funding from...
Silicon Valley Bank collapse concerns founders of color
In the hours after some of Silicon Valley Bank’s biggest customers started pulling out their money, a WhatsApp group of startup founders who are immigrants of color ballooned to more than 1,000 members. Questions flowed as the bank’s financial status worsened. Some desperately...
Editorial Roundup: Iowa
Des Moines Register. March 26, 2023. Editorial: Don’t blow up diversity efforts at Iowa’s public universities House Republicans’ remedy is for the universities to stop promoting equal opportunity, welcoming environments and awareness of different backgrounds. ...
1st Black editor named to lead Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Thursday named Leroy Chapman Jr. as its new editor-in-chief, making him the first Black editor to lead the newspaper in its 155-year history. Chapman, 52, has worked in journalism for nearly three decades and has spent the past 12 years at the...
North Carolina House passes bill limiting racial teachings
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Republican-controlled House passed a previously vetoed proposal Wednesday to restrict how teachers can discuss certain racial topics that some lawmakers have equated to “ critical race theory.” The House voted 68-49 along party lines for...
Study: Most women's NCAA teams are still coached by men
Women comprised less than half the head coaching positions and just over half of the assistant coaching spots for women's college teams in the 2021-22 school year, according to a diversity study released Wednesday. Women held just 42% of head coaching positions of women’s teams in...
Editorial Roundup: Missouri
Kansas City Star. March 20, 2023. Editorial: Missouri Republicans are sending a message: We don’t want diversity in public colleges The often brutal history of race relations in Missouri starts even before the 1820 Missouri Compromise, which allowed it to enter the...
Montana senator wants to block mandatory diversity training
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker in Montana wants to prohibit mandatory diversity training for state employees with a bill whose language matches a Florida law that is temporarily blocked by the courts. The proposed “Montana Individual Freedom Act,” would prohibit...
