The U.S. Treasury and IRS have proposed regulations to revoke tax-exempt status from private schools engaging in racial discrimination, aligning with President Trump's executive orders.
The U.S. Treasury and IRS have proposed regulations to revoke tax-exempt status from private schools engaging in racial discrimination, aligning with President Trump’s executive orders. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration is moving to strip federal tax -exempt status from private schools that use race, color, or national or ethnic origin as a factor in admissions, scholarships, educational programs, or other school activities. The U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) proposed regulations Thursday that would make compliance with federal nondiscrimination requirements a condition of maintaining tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3). DETAIL: Treasury and the IRS estimate the proposal could…Open
Students are returning to campus as the Trump administration continues to reshape American academia. The big picture: The administration has leveraged federal education funding and threatened litigation against universities deemed misaligned with policy priorities — moves critics say subject academia to political whims. State of play: The all-of-government squeeze on higher education continues a 19-month battle that has brought scrutiny of international collaboration, threats to research funding, litigation and possible accreditation overhauls. - "It was an earthquake in January of 2025," says Stuart Shapiro, the dean of Rutgers' School of Planning and Public Policy who worked in the Office of Management and Budget. "The…
A Tennessee congressman filed articles of impeachment against a federal judge appointed by Barack Obama, accusing her of defying the Supreme Court by blocking the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for Somalis. Rep. Andy Ogles moved to impeach U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs after she issued a stay on Friday that temporarily prevents […] The post Rep. Ogles files impeachment resolution against federal judge who blocked Trump's TPS order for Somalis appeared first on American Almanac .
A Tennessee congressman filed articles of impeachment against a federal judge appointed by Barack Obama, accusing her of defying the Supreme Court by blocking the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for Somalis. Rep. Andy Ogles moved to impeach U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs after she issued a stay on Friday that temporarily prevents the administration from terminating TPS, a humanitarian program that shields foreign nationals who fled war or natural disasters in their home countries, for Somali recipients. The stay came down weeks after the Supreme Court's ruling in Mullin v. Doe, handed down in June, which significantly curbed lower courts' ability to block executive TPS decisions. Ogles, a Republican…Open
An Australian court has upheld a ruling that populist leader Pauline Hanson violated racial discrimination laws by telling a Muslim senator who attacked Queen Elizabeth II after her death to go back to Pakistan.
An Australian court has upheld a ruling that populist leader Pauline Hanson violated racial discrimination laws by telling a Muslim senator who attacked that late Queen and the British Empire to go back to Pakistan. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: An Australian appeals court has unanimously upheld a 2024 ruling that One Nation party leader Senator Pauline Hanson racially discriminated against Mehreen Faruqi by telling her to “piss off back to Pakistan ” in a 2022 social media post, after Faruqi attacked Queen Elizabeth II and Australia’s history following the late monarch’s death. The Full Federal Court rejected Hanson’s arguments that her remarks were protected by free speech and that Australia’s racial discrimination law was…Open
England's Oxford and Cambridge universities face criticism for diversity scholarships that largely exclude white working-class students, raising concerns about a two-tier academic society.
England’s Oxford and Cambridge universities face criticism for diversity scholarships that largely exclude white working-class students , raising concerns about a two-tier academic system. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: England ‘s most prestigious universities, Oxford and Cambridge , have been found to offer over a dozen scholarships and bursaries that target students from black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, while largely excluding white working-class students. Examples cited by researchers include Cambridge’s Stormzy Scholarship and several Oxford funding programs reserved for specific ethnic groups, while white working-class women appear to be eligible for only two Oxbridge diversity schemes and white…Open
After a major Supreme Court ruling, state-level voting rights acts and redistricting strategies in Democratic-led states are among the limited ways left for protecting racial-minority voters' power.