The Justice Department on Tuesday accused the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of violating federal civil rights laws by issuing guidelines that effectively pressured employers to make race-based considerations in hiring and promotions. A new legal opinion by the Office of Legal Counsel claimed that “disparate impact” — a legal theory of discrimination that holds employers […]

Christopher Rufo is attacking the idea of white victimhood. Yet is recognizing simple power disparities a declaration of helplessness and weakness? Whites today may not be the most oppressed group of all time, but they are the most gaslit and deceived. Mr. Rufo’s declarations, despite his accomplishments, show the limits of civic nationalism and why […]

1,110 words Conservatives are finally seeing the results of what has been a long overdue reckoning with diversity, equity, and inclusion. Across the economy and the wider institutional landscape, once enthusiastic champions of race-based preference are now retrenching. Major corporations like Walmart, Lowe’s, Meta, and others are scaling back their diversity, equity and inclusion programs […]

Over the past few years in the U.S., more than a hundred federal lawsuits have been filed challenging diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in companies, firms, universities, and the public sector. As legal scholars who monitor these cases closely, we have noticed a clear pattern. To avoid legal liability, organizations that formerly restricted diversity […]

Jeff Vaughn says it was a 2022 billboard that convinced him being White and male was becoming a liability. The then-evening anchor at CBS’s flagship Los Angeles television station remembers seeing an ad for his news program — and realizing it didn’t feature him. It did include all of his co-anchors, none of whom, he […]