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NSA museum covered plaques honoring women and people of color, provoking an uproar

4:18am February 05, 2025

by Frank Langfitt

Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.

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How corporate America got DEI wrong

5:00am February 03, 2025

President Trump is accelerating the attacks on diversity-in-business programs. But DEI experts say this may be the wakeup call big companies need.

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Trump calls DEI programs 'illegal.' He plans to end them in the federal government

5:00am January 23, 2025

President Trump has issued sweeping executive actions swiftly ending diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs within the federal government. Already, the work is underway.

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Some plant names can be racist. Scientists are looking to rename them

5:00am July 31, 2024

by Ari Daniel

An international group of researchers has voted to modify the scientific names of more than 200 plant species whose names carry a derogatory word.

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These American birds and dozens more will be renamed, to remove human monikers

10:33am November 01, 2023

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The official naming organization for birds in the U. S. is making a bold move, after concerns were raised about birds being named after people with questionable histories.

History teacher Wendy Leighton holds a copy of "They Called us Enemy," about the internment of Japanese Americans, while speaking about marginalized with her students at Monte del Sol Charter School, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, in Santa Fe, N.M.

New Mexico is pushing to be a 'model' for how race is taught in U.S. schools

1:52am January 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

Officials say they hope their standards can be a model for the country of social studies teaching that is culturally responsive, as student populations grow increasingly diverse.