University of Michigan to Scuttle Its Flagship D.E.I. Program
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University of Michigan to Scuttle Its Flagship D.E.I. Program

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The University of Michigan will eliminate its central diversity, equity and inclusion program, the school announced on Thursday, seeking to overhaul an ambitious and expensive initiative that it had long cast as a model for American higher education. Michigan — one of the…

Venezuelan T.P.S. Holders Will Ask Judge to Maintain Deportation Protections
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Venezuelan T.P.S. Holders Will Ask Judge to Maintain Deportation Protections

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Immigrant rights lawyers on Monday will urge a federal judge in San Francisco to delay two decisions by the Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that would prevent migrants from Venezuela from staying in the United States under the Temporary Protected Status program. The…

Opinion | There’s a Name for What Trump Is Doing to Trans People: Denationalizing
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Opinion | There’s a Name for What Trump Is Doing to Trans People: Denationalizing

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines I became stateless when I was 14 and my family left the Soviet Union. In exchange for granting my parents, my brother and me exit visas, the U.S.S.R. stripped us of citizenship. For nearly a decade after we arrived in the United States,…

Opinion | Don’t Fool Yourself Into Thinking It Will Stop With Mahmoud Khalil
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Opinion | Don’t Fool Yourself Into Thinking It Will Stop With Mahmoud Khalil

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Columbia University is now the epicenter of the American culture war. The Trump administration is targeting a former Columbia student — and the university itself — as a test case for its new authoritarian regime. The story of Columbia isn’t simply about Mahmoud…

Trump Tries to Use White South Africans as Cautionary Tale
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Trump Tries to Use White South Africans as Cautionary Tale

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines To hear President Trump and some of his closest supporters tell it, South Africa is a terrible place for white people. They face discrimination, are sidelined from jobs and live under the constant threat of violence or having their land stolen by a…

E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices
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E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration intends to eliminate Environmental Protection Agency offices responsible for addressing the disproportionately high levels of pollution facing poor communities, according to a memo from Lee Zeldin, the agency administrator. In the internal memo, viewed by The New York Times, Mr….

Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star
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Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Academy Awards always bring with them a series of firsts. First Black man to win for best costume design (Paul Tazewell). First openly trans person to be nominated for an Oscar (Karla Sofía Gascón). First Latvian film to win an Oscar (“Flow”)….

Meet the Trans Troops the Trump Administration Is Barring
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Meet the Trans Troops the Trump Administration Is Barring

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Officers and enlisted. Combat veterans and recent recruits. Transgender service members say their military experience has looked nothing like the portrayal of them in the political arena. Feb. 27, 2025 Sgt. First Class Julia Becraft circled up a dozen infantry soldiers at Fort…

Possible Remains of Indigenous Women Slain in Canada Found in Landfill
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Possible Remains of Indigenous Women Slain in Canada Found in Landfill

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The authorities in the western Canadian province of Manitoba said on Wednesday that they had found what could be the remains of two Indigenous women murdered by a serial killer, a possible breakthrough in a case that has devastated local communities and brought…