Morningstar

IOC Welcomes Recognition of Sport as a Tool for Gender Equality and Empowerment in Declaration Adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has welcomed the Political Declaration adopted unanimously by the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) in New York, reaffirming the ...
UEFA

Ammar’s story: how football is helping refugees to build new lives

Ahead of the 2025 Unity EURO Cup in the Netherlands, we talk to Ammar Mahmoud from Sudan who has competed at all three ...
West Virginia MetroNews

West Virginia senators pass ban on diversity, equity, inclusion, saying it ‘puts to bed racism’

West Virginia senators passed a bill characterized as banning diversity, equity and inclusion practices in state government, saying society has reached the point that programs to alleviate racism and ...
ProPublica

What ProPublica Is Doing to Build a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. ProPublica is committed to increasing the diversity of our ...
West Virginia MetroNews

Senators move to ban diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from West Virginia government

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill aiming to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and training across state government. In discussion, senators focused on a couple of ...
Observer

From Aesthetics to Impact: Rethinking Public Art’s Role in Communities

When integrated early into civic planning, public art can help tell collective stories, create belonging and spark community connection. Courtesy of Svigals + Partners Public art plays a distinct role ...
Hartford Courant

CT has a new holiday. How it ‘celebrates diversity and inclusion as our strengths’

Connecticut has added a new holiday to the calendar that officials say represents the triumph of good over evil and diversity and inclusion as the state’s strength. Diwali, the festival of lights, ...
CNN

DOJ to use False Claims Act to crack down on diversity initiatives at colleges

American universities are facing another threat from the Trump administration, which intends to use a civil anti-fraud law to withdraw federal funding from colleges that promote diversity and ...
Inside Higher Ed

Can Universities Still Diversify Faculty Hiring Under Trump?

Before Donald Trump retook office, advocates of a more demographically diverse U.S. professoriate were already criticizing existing hiring efforts as inadequate. One late-2022 paper in Nature Human ...
Stars and Stripes

‘I thought this debate was over:’ Female veterans defend women in the armed forces and their place in military history

WASHINGTON — More than 20 female veterans gathered outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday to express their concerns with how women in the armed forces are treated and their frustrations with efforts to ...
The New York Times

Trump and Harvard Both Want ‘Viewpoint Diversity.’ What Does It Mean?

The administration has accused the university of lacking viewpoint diversity. Harvard is fighting its demands, but embracing the vague term. By Jennifer Schuessler The billion-dollar standoff between ...