Diversity Management, News and Updates
In a high profile — and potentially precedent-setting — firing, cable news network CNN has announced that it has terminated the employment of three employees who came to work unvaccinated, despite company policy mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all employees. David Bauder of the Associated Press reported that Warner Media chairman…
Richfield Public Schools in Minnesota has received more than $22,800 in donations as of Tuesday after a video surfaced of workers throwing away kids’ hot lunches if the students owed more than $15, according to CNN. CNN reported that hundreds of people have donated in order to raise the thousands…
After Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said multiple times that he will not censor political ads for accuracy, CNN chief Jeff Zucker called the decision “absolutely ludicrous” on Thursday while at a conference sponsored by CNN. “Given what happened in 2016, maybe they should just sit it out and not take…
California writer and mother Joanna Schroeder had a message to other moms of white teen boys in a tweet that went viral: White supremacists online are paying attention to young men’s social media use, even if you are not. Do you have white teenage sons? Listen up. I’ve been watching…
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo used the n-word live on-air during a radio interview Tuesday. Cuomo, who regularly appears as a guest on The Roundtable with Alan Chartock on WAMC Northeast Public Radio, was discussing the controversy around celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Columbus Day simultaneously on Monday. Early on…
At the LGBTQ town hall on Oct. 10, CNN host Chris Cuomo joked with Sen. Kamala Harris that his pronouns also were she, her and hers, even though he identifies as cisgender. He has since apologized. It began when 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Harris took the stage and said “Thank…
The White House is condemning a violent meme video of a fake President Donald Trump shooting and stabbing the media and his political opponents that was shown at a conference for his supporters at his Miami resort. The footage, which the New York Times obtained, was from a conference that…
14-year-old Elizabeth Smart and her family captured the world’s attention when she was kidnapped from her bedroom in 2002, tied to a tree and raped repeatedly during her captivity. In 2003, she was found walking down a street with her kidnappers – a mere 5 miles from her home. (One…
Deputy Washington Editor for The New York Times Jonathan Weisman has been demoted – but not fired – after he ignited fury on Twitter for racist tweets. In late July, Weisman deleted a tweet after he suggested Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar were not truly from the Midwest and their colleague…
Fox News host Tucker Carlson said on his show Tuesday that white supremacy is a “hoax” and not a major concern in the U.S. He’s faced intense backlash, but seemingly not from his network or advertisers, who have remained largely silent on the incident. His comments came just 72 hours…
