The department announced Tuesday it has opened Title VI civil rights investigations into school districts in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, alleging administrators directed staff to factor race into disciplinary decisions.
More than 50 Minnesota K-12 school districts are offering taxpayer-funded financial incentives to teachers based on race, with "teachers of color" and "teachers who are American Indian" receiving pay bonuses and special layoff protections not available to other staff, according to an investigation by the education advocacy group Defending Education.
Seventeen Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education's policy requiring colleges and universities to collect data proving they are not considering race in admissions.
A new nationwide presidential election poll in Brazil suggests conservative candidate Flavio Bolsonaro is rapidly gaining ground against socialist President.
Republican attorney Chris Madel abruptly ended his campaign for Minnesota governor, citing deep concerns over the federal government’s aggressive immigration crackdown.
The New York Times devoted its Friday feature to portraying President Donald Trump’s legal and political disputes as racially motivated attacks against “prominent Black women,” while minimizing the substance of the investigations and scandals involving those same officials. The piece, titled “Letitia James Is Among Prominent Black Women Targeted by Trump,” emphasized identity politics over facts.
