Diversity Management, News and Updates
The Supreme Court has allowed President Trump to move forward with his ban of transgender people from military service, as the case continues to make its way through lower courts. The nation’s highest court ruled 5-4 in favor of allowing the ban to take effect. Conservatives voted in favor of…
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced that Jazmine Headley, age 23, would not face charges related to her Friday arrest, and called for her immediate release. Justice Craig S. Walker of the State Supreme Court ordered her release. Headley was arrested after the NYPD ripped her infant son from her…
When the Supreme Court supported laws in North Dakota that require IDs must display a “current residential street address,” about 70,000 Native American voices that could’ve been silenced. But The Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Standing Rock Sioux, Spirit Lake Sioux and Three Affiliated Tribes in North Dakota all have helped provide…
In her race for re-election, North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat, is trailing her Republican opponent, Rep. Kevin Cramer. Native Americans are a key demographic in the state and tend to vote for Democrats. But the Supreme Court decided last week not to block the state’s restrictive voter ID…
For every woman of color who watched the hearing today, or has followed any of the drama up to this point, our backs are heavy. We sit here and watch accommodations made for Christine Blasey Ford, who bravely went up before a predominantly white and male Senate Judiciary Committee to…
Senators Orrin Hatch and Charles Grassley, both now in their mid 80s, were there for the Clarence Thomas hearings, and they bullied Anita Hill. Forty-one Republicans and 11 Democrats voted to give Clarence Thomas a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. Now, they’re bullying Christine Blasey Ford. In addition to…
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…
