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According to a recent report by the Associated Press, a conservative movement aimed at limiting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives is gaining traction in state legislatures and college governing boards across the United States. Approximately one-third of the states are now taking action to restrict DEI efforts, sparking a heated debate about the role of these programs in education and the workplace. Recent Developments in State Legislatures In recent […]

Riders pass a baton during a Pony Express relay race in Okmulgee, Okla. Ivan McClellan As a child growing up in Kansas City, Ivan McClellan would sing the national anthem at the American Royal rodeo with a youth choir. Those performances are some of his fondest memories, but they're also bittersweet. That's because just about everybody else around him was white. "It wasn't a place that we felt like we […]

108 Death Masks by Nikesha Breeze is part of the new Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery Alabama. Equal Justice Initiative Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, says in the United States the story of enslaved people is not told with real honesty. That's part of the reason he and EJI created and opened the 17-acre Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama. The new park is […]