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In the most recent series of Supreme Court decisions released Tuesday morning, the court ruled that Maine may not continue its state-run tuition program that currently excludes funding toward religious schools. This decision is the latest ruling in a series of cases that seek to prevent the exclusion of religious organizations from state-funded programs. advertisement advertisement The case at hand, Carson v. Makin , arose over a dispute regarding a state program that provides assistance to families in Maine in rural communities that lack public secondary schools in order to send children to schools in other districts. Under the program, families can elect to sign contracts with public schools outside of their home districts, or they may choose to receive tuition assistance at any eligible private school. According to the text of the state law, any private school that is “a nonsectarian school in accordance with the First Amendment of the United … [Read more...] about Supreme Court quietly hacks away at the separation of church and state in latest decision

The Chinese government-backed Confucius Institute program has rebranded in order to circumvent U.S. policy, according to a report from the National Association of Scholars on Tuesday. Confucius Institutes allegedly serve “Beijing’s multifaceted propaganda efforts,” the Department of State announced in 2020. After the Department of State designated the Confucius Institute as a “foreign mission” in 2020 many universities allegedly formed “sister university” relationships with Chinese schools, Rachelle Peterson, senior research fellow at the National Association of Scholars, told reporters during a Tuesday press conference. A Chinese influence operation targeting U.S. schools has reportedly rebranded in order to sidestep U.S. policy, the National Association of Scholars (NAS) announced during a Tuesday press conference. After the Confucius Institute (CI), a Chinese government-backed organization, was designated a “foreign mission” by the Department of State in August … [Read more...] about After Being Outed By The State Department, China’s US College Infiltration Operation Just Rebranded: REPORT

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw issued a scathing assessment Tuesday of local law enforcement’s response to the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers last month, saying the door was not locked to a classroom where the suspect was holed up as officers spent crucial minutes searching for a key. Key Facts McCraw testified during a Texas state senate hearing the door could not be locked from the inside, and there was no indication that officers even attempted to try to open the door while the suspected shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, was inside—leading him to have “great reasons to believe” the door was never secured. McCraw also testified that local law enforcement had enough officers on scene to stop the shooter three minutes after he entered the building, calling the response an “abject failure” that was “antithetical” to active … [Read more...] about Uvalde Classroom Door Wasn’t Locked—And Police Didn’t Try To Open It Without A Key, Texas Law Enforcement Official Testifies

President-elect Donald Trump can substantively recast the direction of the federal courts from the earliest days of his administration, after two years of divided government have left vacancies open across the federal bench. Though the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court occasioned by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia is the most prominent of these vacancies, there are 104 total vacancies and 38 judicial emergencies in the federal courts as of this writing. A judicial emergency , as defined by the Judicial Conference of the United States, occurs when action items on a court’s docket exceed 6/700 per judge, or where a vacancy has lasted longer than 18 months and there are between 430-600 action items per judge. Some district court judges around the country are currently contending with dockets 1,200 filings long. Of the 104 current vacancies, one is on the Supreme Court, 13 are on the federal appeals courts, 82 are in U.S. district courts, and eight are in courts of special … [Read more...] about Trump Could Reshape The Federal Courts Dramatically

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin As mask usage decreases in the United States and worldwide, the risk of aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 increases inversely. A maskless gym, grocery store, or gas station is much more dangerous than those settings in a masked context. We ought to be acutely aware of the levels of risk maskless settings pose as world governments roll back Covid policies while Covid continues to thrive. In our recent series on airline travel, we discussed exhaled CO2 as a Covid-19 risk proxy aboard aircraft. The concept is that the higher your surrounding CO2 levels, the more significant the proportion of air exhaled from nearby people, and thus the greater the risk of SARS-CoV-2 particles in your immediate vicinity. This concept can be extended past airplanes into our daily lives. In the initial months of the pandemic, we were in fewer situations with high CO2 levels, reducing the risk of infection. More recently, many are resuming … [Read more...] about Carbon Dioxide Levels May Predict Covid Risk In Your Immediate Surroundings

When Towanna Burrous, 51, sought to become a business coach, she quickly realized the dearth of diversity training options. So, she built a business to fill those needs--and her timing was perfect. Her company, Washington, D.C.-based professional coach certification company CoachDiversity Institute , was ready when the summer of 2020 hit and interest in diversity, equity, and inclusion hit a fever pitch. Her company landed on the Inc. 5000 in 2021 at No. 524. --As told to Rebecca Deczynski Before I started my business, I discovered that coaching schools weren't teaching how to coach across a diverse line. So I decided that I would use my background to create a coaching curriculum that would make up for those deficiencies. The program, which was accredited in 2015, teaches people to listen to the challenges, frustrations, and obstacles that are faced largely by historically marginalized communities. In the early stages of the business, my biggest challenge was saying no. … [Read more...] about In Her Quest to Startup, Towanna Burrous Discovered the Need for DEI-Trained Coaches

(CNN Business) The criminal fraud trial of Elizabeth Holmes' ex-boyfriend and former second-in-command at Theranos is heading to the jury, roughly three months after it kicked off in the same San Jose, California, courthouse where she was found guilty on four charges of defrauding investors. In closing arguments, which began Tuesday and spanned nearly four days, the prosecution sought to highlight the many ways in which it alleges former Theranos COO and president Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani directly helped defraud investors and patients alongside Holmes over the course of several years. Prosecutors pointed to various emails, text messages and witness testimony reviewed during the trial that highlighted Balwani's integral roles at the company and his intimate knowledge of the startup's failings. The defense, meanwhile, argued the government had cherry-picked information and lacked sufficient evidence to prove its case. It ticked off the many high-profile people who, like Balwani, … [Read more...] about The criminal fraud case of Elizabeth Holmes’ former second-in-command heads to jury

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Deloitte today announced the creation of Making Accounting Diverse and Equitable (MADE), a commitment to generate more advisory, auditing, and tax career opportunities for the next generation of certified public accountants. The initiative combines both financial support and the depth of resources an organization of Deloitte’s size can bring to attract diverse individuals into the accounting field and support them as they chart their pathway from high school to business professional to leadership in the profession. Filling A Gap: Deloitte has stated its goal of increasing the number of Black and Latinx professionals in its overall US workforce by 50% by 2025. This is encouraging — because today, Black and Latinx talent constitutes 6.6% and 6.5% of the firm’s workforce respectively, Deloitte’s 2021 DEI Transparency report suggests. These levels drop further when segmented along senior leadership roles: … [Read more...] about Deloitte’s New Initiative Commits $75 Million To Increase Diversity In Accounting

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin "We need stronger, more diverse voices behind news desks and in communities telling our stories," ... [+] according to Imara Jones, host of "The Last Sip" Courtney Harvier “If we want a fairer and more inclusive society, we have to produce better news outlets,” says Imara Jones, a political journalist whose work has won Emmy and Peabody Awards. Jones recently created a weekly, half-hour current events program called “The Last Sip” which airs on the cable news channel Free Speech TV . Before hosting the show, Jones had been featured on MSNBC, CNBC and NPR as a political analyst. Earlier in her career, she held economic policy posts in the Clinton White House, followed by a stint as an executive at Viacom. A graduate of Columbia University and the London School of Economics, this month The Advocate magazine honored her as one of its 2018 “Champions of Pride” LGBT leaders. Jones recently shared … [Read more...] about A Different Vision For News: Q&A With Political Journalist Imara Jones

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin No person in the United States shall, based on sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” - Title IX, signed by President Richard Nixon, June 23, 1972 Fifty years ago, Title IX was enacted to ensure gender equity, particularly in federally funded education and sports. Since Title IX there have been significant strides for women, including recent achievements like the overall college enrollment rate for 18- to 24-year-olds being higher for women than for men since 2000. The intentions of Title IX are noble and there should be no doubt that this law has made an indelible mark on generations of women and girls. At the same time, we must also reflect on whether Title IX is fulfilling its promise of protecting women from discrimination and underrepresentation in their educational and … [Read more...] about Title IX At 50: Are Women And Girls Being Treated Equally?