The University of Missouri (MU) is cutting jobs and closing down dorm rooms as a result of the decrease in expected enrollment caused by the racial protests on campus last fall.
In March, Interim Chancellor Hank Foley announced the school will be enacting a five percent cut to its Fiscal year 2017 budget due to a decrease in applicants. According to Foley, 1,500 fewer students are expected to…
While speaking at a roundtable discussion on gender pay equality, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton claimed people hold “implicit biases” against women, Hispanics, and African Americans.
After discussing the need for “more transparency” and a “carrot-and-stick” method in order to coerce businesses to disclose their salary information, Clinton said there is a need to address…
While speaking at a roundtable discussion on gender pay equality, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton broke from the popular feminist narrative on equal pay and said, “We don’t know exactly what the pay gaps are in many settings.”
During the Equal Pay Day discussion hosted by Glassdoor, Clinton was asked, “What is the role of government in fixing this? Because we’re talking both…
University of California San Diego (UCSD) police are investigating “racist” chalk messages written in support of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
CBS 8 reports “five white men wearing hoods” were spotted writing “Donald Trump propaganda” and “racist graffiti” in chalk Friday night.
The “racist” language allegedly “targeting Latinos” appears to include the phrases, “TRUMP,” “…
New data reveal gender does not play a role in compensation differences between men and women working in the technology industry.
According to Dice’s annual survey of more than 16,000 people working in technology fields, individuals with the same level of education, years of experience, and job title do not experience salary differences that can be attributed to gender.
However, Bob Melk, the…
England’s only “gender identity clinic” for children has seen a 100 percent increase in referrals in the last year.
The Tavistock Clinic Gender Identity Development Service provides counseling and hormone treatment (such as blockers to stop the progress of puberty) to people under 18 who are “experiencing difficulties in the development of their gender identity.”
BBC reports data from London’…
Faculty and staff members at George Mason University are signing a petition against GMU's law school being renamed to honor the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on account of his alleged “racism, sexism, and homophobia.”
On March 31, George Mason University announced the school will be changing the name of the George Mason University Law School to “Antonin Scalia School of Law at…
A New Jersey man could spend 90 days in jail for flying a flag showing his support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in front of his house.
News12 New Jersey reports West Long Branch resident Joe Hornick received a summons for displaying a political sign more than 30 days before an election.
Hornick told News12 New Jersey, “You can obviously see it’s a flag and there’s…
“Sesame Street” has added a new female Muppet to its Afghanistan version of the show in order to bring attention to issues of female empowerment in a country where many girls still do not attend school.
Six-year-old Zari will be joining the fifth season of “Baghch-e-Simsim,” Afghanistan’s version of “Sesame Street.”
A YouTube video debuting the new character claims Zari will appear in…
During a question and answer session at University of Chicago Law School, President Obama joked he is “sorry” his U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, is white.
After talking about the changes he has made to “transform” the federal court system from a “diversity standpoint,” Obama said, “And so, when I look at Merrick Garland, that was the person that… you know, the difference between…
