Tag Archives: Diversity

Tatishe Nteta, UMass Amherst; Adam Eichen, UMass Amherst; Douglas Rice, UMass Amherst; Jesse Rhodes, UMass Amherst, and Justin H. Gross, UMass Amherst Right-wing activists who have long criticized liberalism and “wokeness” in higher education and helped force the resignation of Claudine Gay, Harvard University’s first African American president, have now …

According to a personnel report delivered to Congress last week, the White House under President Joe Biden is staffed by the most women and employees who are members of ethnic or racial minority groups of any administration in recorded history. “In alignment with the President’s commitment to diversity and pay …

Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is defending his membership at Spouting Rock Beach Association (Bailey’s Beach Club) in Newport, Rhode Island. GoLocal Providence, a local news organization, describes the private beach club as “all-white.” GoLocal Providence asked the lawmaker if the beach club granted any minorities membership since the first time they …

President Joe Biden has selected more minority and women judges than former President Donald Trump did in four years. Fifteen of his nineteen nominees are women, and eleven of the women are from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. “This trailblazing slate of nominees draws from the very best and brightest …

Zahid Quraishi was confirmed on Thursday by the Senate as a US District Judge for the District of New Jersey. He is the first Muslim American federal judge in United States history. Quraishi, the third judicial nominee from President Joe Biden to be confirmed to the federal bench, was approved …

In an interview with theGrio, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm discussed President Joe Biden’s interest in investing in Black neighborhoods and Black educational institutions. “My first venture out in this COVID environment was to Howard University… it was to announce a $17 million opportunity to DOE [Department of Energy] offering to …

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced three new US Court of Appeals nominees and three new District Court nominees. Of the six new nominees, five are women, and half are Black women. The President is nominating Gustavo Gelpí Jr. to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. …

On Tuesday, Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth and Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono vowed to withhold votes from white nominees until more underrepresented groups are given opportunities in President Biden‘s Administration. “We do not have anybody either (at a senior level) in the West Wing or in a cabinet-level position, and I don’t …