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Yes — President Donald Trump told The New York Times that civil-rights-era protections and policies have left white people “very badly treated,” explicitly framing the 1960s reforms as producing “reve...
A narrow factual claim — that CBS fired only Black and brown workers — is on the available record. Reporting includes a direct allegation from a former CBS producer that layoffs disproportionately hit...
Using a racial slur can trigger civil, administrative and sometimes criminal consequences: employers can face liability under Title VII and employees can be disciplined or sued when slurs create a hos...
A recent civil lawsuit alleges that an Arizona Turning Point USA (TPUSA) staffer propositioned a male employee for sex and then—after he rebuffed her—took his 14‑year‑old daughter without permission; ...
Several news reports show a mixed institutional response to federal probes demanding lists of Jewish students, faculty and staff: Barnard College acknowledged complying with an EEOC contact-informatio...
Federal courts since 2021 have delivered a patchwork of outcomes for employees fired for refusing : many district and circuit judges upheld private and healthcare employer mandates, blocked broad work...
The sources show the Trump administration pursued a coordinated set of policies and executive orders beginning on “day one” that narrowed federal recognition of gender to a binary, removed or suppress...
Using the wrong pronouns can legally constitute when it is intentional, repeated, or pervasive, particularly in workplace and institutional settings; federal agencies and some courts treat such conduc...
Public reporting does not offer a single, definitive breakdown of which racial or ethnic groups have seen the largest employment gains from DEI programs since 2015; available sources instead describe ...
The civil rights movement’s landmark gains face tangible pressures under President Trump’s rhetoric and policy agenda, which critics say repackages racial grievance into federal action and appointee s...
Project 2025 contains no affirmative, explicit program to expand women’s education or career development; multiple analyses conclude its proposals would reduce federal education supports, narrow civil...
Former Turning Point USA (TPUSA) employees have publicly alleged a range of workplace problems including a sexually charged, “frat‑boy” party culture, episodes of sexual misconduct at events, alleged ...
Educators and journalists face clear guidance to avoid normalizing racial slurs: major style and platform rules advise censoring or contextualizing slurs, and institutions note legal and harassment ri...
Federal protections for clinicians offering gender-affirming care are in flux: HHS rescinded its 2022 OCR guidance and the White House issued Executive Order 14187 directing agencies to strip reliance...
Walmart has repeatedly been the subject of criticism and allegations across labor, competition, supplier, environmental, and discrimination issues; reporting and advocacy groups document examples such...
Several high-profile lawsuits show that on-air comments can trigger massive legal and financial consequences, ranging from nine-figure defamation settlements to individual employment and discriminatio...
DEI policies have moved from visible, metric-driven programs toward retrenchment, rebranding or tighter legal framing since executive orders; many companies have scaled back public goals, removed DEI ...
can be grounds for termination or disciplinary action—employers are legally obligated to prevent race-based harassment, and workplace rules or at‑will employment give employers broad authority to disc...
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 aimed to dismantle legal segregation and outlaw discrimination across American public life, targeting public accommodations, federally funded programs, schools, voting pro...
False: no single law has been passed that broadly bars anyone born abroad from holding “a government office job” in the United States; the constitutional “natural-born citizen” requirement applies onl...