Diversity Management, News and Updates
Voting rights remain one of the biggest issues in politics today, with a number of conservative lawmakers continuing efforts to restrict voting rights — especially for people of color. And now, former First Lady Michelle Obama has stepped into the battle with a newly announced effort to register one million…
The White House has announced a dramatic increase in funding to assist communities of color with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Mariel Padilla of nonprofit newsroom The 19th reported that the Biden administration would allocate an additional $785 million from the American Rescue Plan towards helping communities of color that have…
The nation’s federal appeals court just became a little bit more diverse, inclusive and representative of the American population as a whole with the Senate confirmation of Beth Robinson. A previous associate justice on the Vermont Supreme Court since 2011, Robinson has been confirmed to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court…
Survivors of same-sex marriages and some long-term relationships where the couples couldn’t marry will now be able to share in the same Social Security benefits as everyone else in the country thanks to a new decision by the Biden administration. Chris Johnson of the Los Angeles Blade reported that “a…
In what has been called a historic milestone in the rights and recognition of people who are nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, or don’t identify as either male or female, the U.S. State Department has carried through on its promise and began issuing passports with an “X” gender designation. Although the government agency…
Immigrants in the United States without proper documentation will no longer have to fear getting arrested at schools, churches, hospitals and a number of newly “protected” areas. The Associated Press has reported that the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. immigration authorities issued new guidelines on Wednesday, Oct. 27,…
Following in the historic steps of Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Myrna Pérez has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a new federal appeals judge. Suzanne Gamboa of NBC News reported that “the Senate voted Monday, Oct. 25, to confirm voting rights advocate Myrna Pérez as a judge on…
An Iowa Democrat has been threatened with violence simply for writing an opinion piece critical of the former president. Brianne Pfannenstiel of the Des Moines Register has reported that “Iowa Democratic Party Chair Ross Wilburn received multiple threats, including one of lynching, after he penned an opinion piece critical of…
The White House is stepping up to improve the U.S. educational system for Black students. Alexandra Alper of Reuters has reported that President Joe Biden has “signed an executive order setting up two commissions within the Department of Education to improve education for Black students.” According to Alper, “one commission…
Regardless of which party is in power at any given time, people of color continue to be woefully underrepresented in not just elected office but also within support roles working for those lawmakers. And now, hundreds of these staffers are speaking out about what they call an “appalling” lack of…
