Diversity Management, News and Updates
Christine Blasey Ford will relive trauma from more than 30 years ago as her alleged attacker, Brett Kavanaugh, sits through confirmation hearings, which could place him in a seat of power over law for a generation. Ford, a research psychologist and professor at Palo Alto University, struggled to come forward….
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) had a few choice words on President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, one of which was “dangerous.” In a statement this week the organization said it is greatly opposed to Judge Brett Kavanaugh potentially serving for the highest court…
What is the price of tolerating systemic law enforcement racism In this case, it may mean that a gang terrorist and murderer will go free. A well-known gang leader, previously on death row and accused of more than 20 murders since the 1990s, might be the beneficiary of a racist…
The Trump administration plans to toss an Obama-era guideline that encourages colleges and universities to consider race as a way of promoting diversity. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reversing 2011 and 2016 legal guidelines set during the Obama administration to “avoid racial isolation” as administration officials contend the guidelines…
The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy puts our country at a crossroads where there’s only one expected outcome: a bizarrely out of touch and unrepresentative Supreme Court, for generations to come. I don’t see any real action that Democrats in Congress could take. Chuck Schumer talking about hypocrisy doesn’t count….
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasted her colleagues for upholding the travel ban targeting Muslims in a 5-4 vote on Tuesday. Sotomayor, an immigrant, condemned the ban as “motivated by hostility and animus toward the Muslim faith.” She additionally accused the justices of misconstruing legal precedent and supporting pain and…
On Monday, the Supreme Court threw out a lower court ruling on a classic case of religious freedom versus anti-discrimination.
According to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, immigrants can receive justice without a judge present. “Just because you don’t see a judge doesn’t mean you don’t receive due process,” she said Monday. “The president would like to see us stop people from illegally entering the country at all,”…
Republicans are at it yet again, trying to play with numbers to gain even more power. There is a push led by none other than Iowa Rep. Steve King to disregard undocumented immigrants in the 2020 census. According to King, “The current policy under which illegal aliens are counted in…
The United States Supreme Court ruled on Monday morning in favor of a baker hailing from Colorado who refused to bake a cake for a gay couple. The victory is a shaky one, though, as it deflected from the broader issue. Reuters reported: “The justices, in a 7-2 decision, said…
