Tag: DEI

It’s time for Regions to abandon political posturing.

Dr. JuWan Robinson, a former DEI staffer reassigned after the passing of AL's law preventing state funds from going to DEI programs, lamented “Alabama’s status as a conservative state."

Allegations have emerged that Dr. Joffery Gaymon, a senior member of Auburn University leadership team, has been for years, employing race-based employment practices and actively encouraging race-based admission and scholarship programs within the departments under her oversight—prompting calls for University President Charles B. Roberts and the Board of Trustees to take decisive corrective action.

True academic freedom requires not only the absence of formal censorship but also the presence of structural safeguards against soft totalitarianism at the commanding heights of higher education.

Samford University is rebranding its diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Last week, the university's president referred to its DEI commitment as a commitment to "Biblical justice."

As supporters deny and downplay Samford University's commitment to its radical diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program, embattled president Beck Taylor doubled down on the school's DEI commitment this week.

Powerful individuals like Randi Weingarten like to tell us that teaching diversity and acceptance is the be-all-end-all of education, and that things like American values will only disrupt such lessons. That may be true. But then, such lessons were never the original goal of schooling in America anyway.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is urging corporations to stop discriminatory DEI practices.

In 2020, following George Floyd's death and the Black Lives Matter movement, minority students at Samford began to speak out about their experiences on campus with stories that included alleged racial and religious discrimination.

In late September 2020, just months after the violent Black Lives Matter protest in Birmingham, Samford University announced “New Courses Will Address African American Experience, Race in Popular Media.”

The state of Alabama is trying to dismiss the federal lawsuit challenging Alabama's 2024 law banning taxpayer-funded Diversity, Equity and Inclusion offices and training after University of Alabama staff and students filed suit.

Think DEI programs are on their way out the door? Think again. They seem to be alive and well, but not for women and minorities. This time they’re for men and boys.

The University of Alabama was recently named among 52 universities currently under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for alleged “impermissible race-based scholarships and race-based segregation” and other violations of civil rights laws.

Last month, student organizations at Samford University received an email demanding that each group add the university's nondiscrimination statement to their organization constitution.

DEI is racial favoritism that hurts individual achievement and creates division.

Randy Barbour is the new director of the city’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, which, until a month ago, was called the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

Allowing the current counseling guidance for Alabama public schools to remain in place and maintaining connectivity to the ASCA puts all Alabama schools in jeopardy of losing federal funding.

Digital vigilantes brook no clemency, academic tribunals subordinate truth to predetermined verdicts, and the machinery of cancellation serves not justice but raw power.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) railed against diversity, equity, and inclusion policies on Wednesday, saying "we have to wash our hands of it."

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) recently shared her reaction to an American Airlines plane colliding with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. last week.

The Alabama Republican Party recently announced its list of legislative priorities as Alabama’s lawmakers gather in Montgomery to begin the 2025 legislative session.

Oliver said he’s already spoken to colleagues, and the state legislature is poised to revisit the issue to address those openly flouting current laws and regulations.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is still waiting for a response from Costco after he and 18 other attorneys general called on the company to end its diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

Attorney General Steve Marshall and 18 other state attorneys general called on Costco to end their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies on Monday.

The removal of the Tuskegee Airmen from the Air Force’s curriculum “should have never happened,” according to U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham).

The Air Force will continue to teach about the history of the Tuskegee Airmen to recruits at basic training, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.