Category: diversity

How Business Embraces Marxism Under the Guise of Diversity

Commentary Disney higher-ups have been found admitting to indoctrinating children in radical sexual and gender ideology. The Carhartt work clothes company required its more than 3,000 employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19, despite conceding that “we are aware some of our associates do not support this policy.” Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., the third-largest soft drink…


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…


Greater Role for Australia’s Diverse Population on TV

Australia’s diverse population has traditionally been under-represented on screen but a new report reveals significant progress is being made. The Screen Australia study found the representation of Indigenous characters in local TV shows increased from 4.8 percent to 7.2 percent from 2016 to 2021, while non-European representation more than doubled to 16 percent across the…


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?

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…


LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (March 31): Former President Trump’s Unprecedented Indictment: Analysis; Soros Helped Bring Alvin Bragg to Power

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted, a first in U.S. history, as no sitting or former president has ever been charged criminally. Paul Kamenar, lead counsel for the National Legal and Policy Center gives his analysis. The Pentagon is reportedly dissolving its Diversity, Equity, Inclusion unit after allegations of racism by its chief diversity…


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…


Recent Lowlights in the Woke Capture of Our Once-Venerable Institutions

Commentary Lamenting the astonishing success of the activist Left’s century-long Gramscian march through America’s major institutions is, at this juncture, old hat. Still, there have been a few recent powerful examples, coming in quick succession, illustrating the extent to which leading liberal institutions of civil society have been captured by far-left activist wokesters who take…


University President Cancels Texas Drag Show, Calls It ‘Demeaning’ to Women

By cancelling a planned drag show because it “demeans” women, the president of West Texas A&M University has sparked the ire of student activists. But some Texas lawmakers have applauded his decision to cancel the event that had been planned for March 31. University president Walter Wendler addressed the controversy on March 20 in a…