Latest Updates Around The World
Through Sharelle B. McNair January 23, 2026 The 1776 Project Foundation believes the outdated policy is “racially discriminatory in purpose and effect.” The conservative group 1776 Project Foundation is back, and this time it’s suing the Los Angeles Unified School District over claims that its desegregation policies – dates back decades– promotes discrimination against white […]
Kate Lowry, a former vice president at Insight Partners, is suing the company for disability discrimination, gender discrimination and wrongful termination, according to a lawsuit filed Dec. 30 in San Mateo County, California, and seen by TechCrunch. Insight Partners did not immediately respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment. Lowry told TechCrunch that she filed the […]
Through Jeroslyn JoVonn December 20, 2025 Florida has filed a new lawsuit alleging that Starbucks’ DEI practices discriminate against non-Black employees. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is suing Starbucks for $100 billion, saying its DEI policy discriminates against non-black employees. On December 10, Uthmeier has filed a lawsuit accuses Starbucks of giving preferential treatment to […]
In early November, a developer nicknamed Cookie had a routine conversation with Perplexity. She often tasks herself with reading her developer work in quantum algorithms and writing readme files and other documents for GitHub. She is a Pro subscriber and uses the service in ‘best’ mode, which means she chooses which underlying model to use […]
Through Sharelle B. McNair October 29, 2025 The resignation announcement came from new CEO Michael Fiddelke after current leader Brian Cornell announced he would step down on February 1, the first day of Black History Month. There are more than 1,000 Target employees at the Minneapolis headquarters handed over pink slips to “streamline operations and […]
Through Maria Spiller October 25, 2025 Following criticism for rolling back diversity initiatives, Target is highlighting its partnership with the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs to rebuild trust and reaffirm its investment in Black entrepreneurs. Target is once again highlighting its partnership with the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE), a move that comes as […]
