#SCOTUS allows #Trump officials to freeze #teacher training grants over *#DEI*

A divided #SupremeCourt on Fri cleared the way for the admin to at least temporarily freeze up to $65M in #educational grants designed to address #TeacherShortages, which the govt says fund programs that promote #diversity, #equity & #inclusion [as they should, though the Trump admin’s definition of DEI is humanity].

#law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #indoctrination #education #idiocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/04/supreme-court-trump-teacher-training-grants-dei/

More of this please:

The #NY State #Education Dept issued a defiant response to #Trump’s threats to pull federal #funding from #PublicSchools over #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs, a remarkable departure from recent conciliatory approaches of other institutions. A day earlier, the federal govt issued a memo to education ofcls across the nation, telling them to confirm the elimination of all programs it argues *unfairly* promote #DEI.

#law #democracy #FreeSpeech
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/new-york-trump-dei-order.html?smid=url-share

#afrofuturism challenges us to wield #technology as a tool for #Justice or what our ancestors called Maat, to honor #history without being shackled to it, and to craft #communities grounded in #equity – https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2025/apr/03/afrofuturism-imagine-futures

Life is not fair. "Compared with a white driver traveling the same speed, we find that racial or ethnic minority drivers are 24 to 33% more likely to be cited for speeding and pay 23 to 34% more money in fines." #racism #equity #equality

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp5357

"There's nothing in this world stronger than a soft heart that refused to harden"

That's beautiful

(Credit to @colavsdaughter)

Canada should recognize celebrations like Eid, Diwali and Lunar New Year as public holidays
#Canada #EidMubarak #Eid #Diwali #LunarNewYear #PublicHolidays #Diversity #Inclusion #Equity #Holidays #Multiculturalism
https://the-14.com/canada-should-recognize-celebrations-like-eid-diwali-and-lunar-new-year-as-public-holidays/

France slams US 'interference' in firms' diversity programs: 'France and Europe will defend their values'.

France's trade ministry condemned "unacceptable" US interference on Saturday after the US embassy in Paris sent several French firms letters warning against using the diversity programs known as "DEI", a frequent Donald Trump target.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250330-france-slams-us-interference-in-firms-diversity-programs-france-and-europe-will-defend-their-values?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

People across the country are fed up with both parties bowing down to billionaires. They want to tax the rich now. They want to keep Social Security and expand Medicare. They are sick and tired of corporate greed running rampant in our policy-making.
In a democracy, power should be in the hands of workers, community members, and democratically accountable representatives—not billionaires who are trying to enrich themselves at our expense. —Rashida Tlaib, congresswoman. #USPol #USPolitics #politics #democracy #Billionaires #TaxBillionaires #equity #ClassWar #PowerToThePeople

How #wealth is stored in the #US