Commentary Canada’s federal government has cheerfully proclaimed June to September to be Pride Season. Beyond the commonplace vulgarity in pride parades, one reasonably perceives a push to include new identities. And generous Canadians are inclusive. But a push for inclusion is a push for power, and that makes inclusion a complex political beast. For starters, unless…
The Numbers Are In on How Biden-Era Funding Is Skewing Scientific Research Ever-Wokeward
May 17, 2023
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News analysis While pushing record spending for research and development, the Biden administration is working not just to advance science but also progressive ideology. In line with the administration’s “whole of government” commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), recent grants and requests for proposals from the National Science Foundation (NSF) encompass research that: Examines…
Equity and the Race to the Bottom
Commentary Over the last few years, the rallying cry of “woke” activists has become “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (often abbreviated to DEI). There is little reason to object to such principles on the surface. After all, America was founded on the principle that all people are created equal. Unfortunately, the meaning of words can change over time….
The House GOP Effort to Defund—Not Police, but Wokeness
News Analysis Through executive orders and budget requests, the Biden administration has sought to embed “diversity, equity, and inclusion” principles across the entirety of the federal government—and in turn to touch the lives of every American. Now members of the Republican House majority, who see this whole-of-government effort as a woke assault on America and its core values, are…
The Big DEI Gulf on Campus: It’s Much More Than He Said/Ze Said
The fight over academic freedom on campus increasingly comes down to a fight over three letters—DEI—which goes a long way to explaining the fissures now tearing higher education apart. For progressives committed to social justice advocacy, academic freedom must shield the prevailing academic consensus on race and gender from outside political pressure. Nowhere is that…
Is the Counter-University Movement Any Match for the DEI Juggernaut?
March 31, 2023
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A group of intellectual mavericks made splashy headlines in 2021 when they announced plans to launch a new university in Texas called the University of Austin. Backed by a gallery of celebrity intellectuals—its trustees and directors include former Harvard president Larry Summers, Brown University economist Glenn Loury, former ACLU President Nadine Strossen, civil rights leader and…
Health Secretary Urges NHS Bodies to Review Diversity and Inclusion Memberships
The UK Health Secretary Steve Barclay has called on the heads of NHS bodies to review their diversity and inclusion memberships owing to “financial pressures, and wider societal concern about these issues.” Barclay has written to major national health organisations, including NHS England, the UK Health Security Agency and the Care Quality Commission, asking them…
Feds Spent Over $800,000 on Guest Speakers on ‘Equity, Diversity, Inclusion,’ More Than Any Other Topic
Federal departments and agencies spent over $800,000 in contracts over a three-year period hiring guest speakers to talk to staff on the topics of equity, diversity, and inclusion, records show. That amount represents the largest spending category out of the over $2 million total spent on speeches from Jan. 1, 2019, to Nov. 23, 2022,…
Lame Duck Bills by 2 Key Democrats Herald 2023 House Racial Equity Battle on Hill
December 20, 2022
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Outgoing House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney lost her primary earlier this year, and so will not be returning in 2023, but the New York Democrat’s influence in the lower chamber of Congress will continue well into the New Year, thanks to two bills she filed on Dec. 16. Joined in the…
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Jobs Costing UK Taxpayers £557 Million a Year: Report
The chancellor of the Exchequer is being urged to curb billions in spending that is “dividing us into warring factions and holding our country back,” according to a Conservative think tank. On Monday, 40 Conservative MPs who are part of the think tank Conservative Way Forward (CWF), called on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to consider the…
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