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Texas Tech reviews its hiring practices as efforts to promote diversity come under fire

Texas Tech’s review comes as Gov. Greg Abbott has instructed state agencies and public universities that “forbidden DEI initiatives” violate federal and state employment discrimination laws.

The Texas Tribune

As Republicans end remote testimony, Democrats worry about diversity

WASHINGTON — Remote testimony saved Guam officials about 48 hours and nearly $2,000 in round-trip airfare for a one-hour hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee last year. It allowed a doctor to testify about female veterans’ access to medical care before the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, and then perform surgery…

Tribune News Service

Fallon on Biden’s call for unity: ‘One common goal – to mishandle classified documents’

Late-show hosts discuss Biden’s State of the Union address, Kevin Costner’s departure from Yellowstone and Tucker Carlson’s latest rant about diversity

The Guardian - US

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As Republicans end remote testimony, Democrats worry about diversity - Roll Call

More than half of all witnesses last Congress appeared remotely, which may have boosted diversity. Now the House GOP is rolling that back.

Roll Call

Stella Jean quits Milan Fashion Week over lack of inclusion

The only Black designer belonging to Italy’s fashion council is withdrawing from this month’s Milan Fashion Week citing a lack of commitment to diversity and inclusion

The Independent UK

Gov. Greg Abbott tells state agencies to stop considering diversity in hiring

In a memo written Monday and obtained by The Texas Tribune, Abbott’s chief of staff Gardner Pate told agency leaders that using diversity, equity and inclusion policies in hiring violates federal and state employment laws, and hiring cannot be based on factors “other than merit.”

The Texas Tribune

DEI Inc. v. Academic Freedom

Amna Khalid and Jeffrey Aaron Snyder argue that we should not kid ourselves about the threat university DEI bureaucracies pose to academic freedom, but is there a better way?

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Amid struggles to meet diversity goals, Illinois launches study to determine whether discrimination exists in pot industry

The $2.5 million study, required by state law, will analyze applications for licenses to grow marijuana, as well as transport and dispense it. The study will look closely at the much-criticized social equity program, aimed at increasing diversity among license holders.

Chicago Sun-Times

Making nice in the city

The 6th Bangkok Design Week is now under way with the theme "Urban'NICE'zation". The event's catchword refers to the aim of helping to create a friendlier, nicer city for residents as well as entrepreneurs in six aspects -- environment, mobility, culture, business, community and diversity.

Bangkok Post

Chickadees, titmice and nuthatches flocking together benefit from a diversity bonus – so do other animals, including humans

Carolina chickadees are small, boisterous year-round residents of the southeastern United States. They are regularly found with much larger tufted titmice, white-breasted nuthatches and various woodpecker species.

The Conversation

How Candid hopes diversity data will help aid racial equity

Philanthropy research organization Candid is leading a coalition of funders and grantees looking to standardize the collection of demographic information to help streamline donations to minority-led groups

The Independent UK

Editorial: Florida’s high court censors fairness, diversity

Words matter for what they represent.

Tribune News Service

Spotlight on diversity in tech as report finds most LGBTQ+ founders and investors hide their gender or sexuality

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Evening Standard

State of the Union? Congress doesn't fully reflect diversity

When lawmakers gather for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, the Republican side of the aisle will look slightly different than in years past

The Independent UK

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Change to Democrats’ 2024 presidential primary schedule benefits Biden, not voters

An NPR analysis in 2016 of which state best represents America found that Illinois is the clear winner, with demographic diversity and a broad cultural and geographic balance of rural, small-town, suburban and urban America.

The Independent UK

Catholic church unveils Black Mary and Jesus posters in anti-racism drive

“It is important that we recognise the rich diversity of the Catholic community, not only in England and Wales, but throughout the world”

Axios

Women report stunning levels of discrimination

A survey's stark results comes as some companies are pulling back on certain diversity and inclusion efforts.

The Guardian - UK

Happy Valley shows how policing should be done – how come the BBC gets this, and not the Met?

From the diversity of the top brass to Sgt Catherine Cawood’s model of best practice, the BBC drama should be essential viewing for senior officers, says former chief superintendent Dal Babu

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The Conversation

Diversity and moderation over tradition – why Democrats moved South Carolina to the start of the 2024 presidential campaign

The Democratic National Committee approved a proposal on Feb. 4, 2023, that puts South Carolina first on the party’s presidential nominating calendar, upending 50 years of tradition. For the first time, voters of color, moderates, hourly workers – and Southerners – will have the first say in choosing the party’s…

AAP

Pride march baths Melbourne streets in rainbow colours

Melburnians wearing colourful costumes and waving rainbow flags have marched through the streets in a show of support for gender and sexual diversity.

Manchester Evening News

'There were times I was the diversity tick box': Inside the ‘spirited soiree’ giving queer performers of colour their spotlight

"There’s such a lack of diversity within the queer arts scene as it is"

WEKU

Democrats vote to upend presidential primary calendar for 2024 but challenges persist

The vote cements a shift in the presidential primary calendar that many Democrats have long called for and elevates states with greater diversity and voter access.

Los Angeles Times

NASCAR's Drive for Diversity is transforming pit crews with college and pro athletes

LOS ANGELES — When Tyriq McCord joined NASCAR as a pit crew member a little more than three years ago, his knowledge of what made a car go fast stopped and started with the gas pedal.

The Independent UK

Famed LA mountain lion's death shines light on tribal talks

Southern California's most popular puma gained fame as P-22 and cast a spotlight on the troubled population of California’s endangered mountain lions and their decreasing genetic diversity

USA Today Sports Media Group

Texans coach DeMeco Ryans defines what he wants in his coaching staff

Houston Texans coach DeMeco Ryans laid out what he is looking for as he assembles his new coaching staff.

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