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Jun 30 2023
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SCOTUS Ruled Against Affirmative Action And Abortion. And It's Not Done.
If the high court has any mandate — expressed or otherwise — to protect U.S. citizens, it dropped the ball: Overturning Roe has made it harder for women to seek proper medical care and for doctors to fulfill the Hippocratic oath to do their job. Never mind the fact that the general public is in support of abortion rights — a meaningful aspect of health care is now at the mercy of certain
HuffPostJun 29 2023
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How Colorado colleges are impacted by SCOTUS affirmative action ruling
Colorado universities and colleges that factor race into their admission decisions — including the state's flagship institution — must revamp their approach now that the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court declared the practice unconstitutional. Why it matters: The institutions have used race in admissions for decades as a way to bring diversity to their student bodies. Now it
AxiosJun 29 2023
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Affirmative action rulings will reshape diversity push at private colleges
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate When a Black graduate student at MIT realized that facial recognition software consistently identified the gender only of her lighter-skinned colleagues, she partnered with a Stanford graduate student, also Black, to investigate. Their breakthrough 2018 study revealed that such software was 35% less likely to recognize Black women
San Francisco ChronicleApr 24 2024
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Dowagiac first responders, school staff honored for life-saving actions
DOWAGIAC — The Dowagiac City Council recognized local first responders and Dowagiac Union Schools staff with lifesaving awards during Monday’s meeting. Public Safety Director Steve Grinnewald recognized nine first responders and DUS staff for their life-saving efforts in three incidents over the past year. “We are here to recognize several professionals from the Dowagiac Police and Fire
Dowagiac Daily NewsApr 15 2024
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Supreme Court Allows Idaho’s Gender-Affirming Care Ban — For Now
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Idaho to enforce a controversial ban on gender-affirming care to minors as the law is appealed, temporarily reintroducing one of more than a dozen state bans on gender-affirming care, an increasingly hot-button issue for the GOP.
The Supreme Court approved a stay on a federal District Court decision, allowing Idaho to enforce the ban, with the high
ForbesApr 24 2024
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Boston police warn law enforcement action ‘imminent’ at Emerson College
At Emerson this morning, students had formed a human barricade, two to three rows deep, blocking both ends of the alley. The barricade was porous, however, in that students, professors and others were being allowed to pass. The goal, students said, was to prevent police and Emerson administrators from entering. Boston’s police and fire departments warned Emerson College administrators that “
The Boston GlobeApr 24 2024
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The incentive problem keeping landlords from taking climate change action
Connor rents an upstairs apartment in an old house in the village of Pittsford, Vermont, with his girlfriend. It’s a two-bedroom and they like the location. He says his landlords are great, but asked that we just use his first name. He grew up in the area and just recently moved back to Central Vermont. He’s hoping to stay, but living there has been more expensive than he expected, partly
WBURApr 21 2024
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Watch the NFL draft at these parties near the action in downtown Detroit
A number of restaurants, bars and districts in and around downtown Detroit are hosting NFL draft watch parties April 25-27. The events boast live broadcasts of the draft, food and drink specials and even live entertainment. A free outdoor draft party is taking place on Columbia Street, the brick-lined, pedestrian-only area of The District Detroit. There will be a live broadcast of the draft,
Detroit Free PressJan 03 2024
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Jemele Hill Rages About Affirmative Action, Says Claudine Gay Was 'Extremely Qualified' to Be Harvard President
Former sports commentator turned DEI-supporting “social justice” writer Jemele Hill is indignant at “white people” in the wake of the resignation of unrepentant plagiarizer Claudine Gay from her role as Harvard University’s president with Hill’s proclamation that Gay’s predicament is because of “racism.” Hill took to her X account on Tuesday to blast the “racism” she claims lies at the center
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