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DEI opponents are using a 1866 Civil Rights law to challenge equity policies in the workplace

NEW YORK — Opponents of workplace diversity programs are increasingly using parts of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to challenge equity policies and funding for minority-owned businesses. . Section 1981 of the Act was originally intended to protect formerly enslaved people, especially black people, from economic exclusion. However, the American Equal Rights Alliance, a […]

Kevin O’Leary leaves CNN host astonished after dismantling New York attorney general’s civil case against Trump: ‘This is a joke’

Businessman Kevin O'Leary told CNN host Laura Coates on Thursday that “all” real estate developers are guilty of the alleged real estate fraud that Donald Trump was found to have committed. New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) is suing Trump, accusing the Trump Organization of repeatedly overvaluing its properties to lenders while reporting different […]

Harvard sued for violating Jewish students’ civil rights, allowing ‘antisemitism cancer’ to grow on campus

Harvard University is being sued by students who say a “cancer of anti-Semitism” is growing on campus, and the school has been accused of being a “cancer of anti-Semitism.”[ing] professors supporting anti-Semitic violence” and “ignoring student pleas for protection.” “Harvard University and its administrators…directly and intentionally discriminate against Jewish Harvard students.”[s]” the complaint states. The […]

‘I did nothing wrong’ Trump says as civil fraud trial wraps

“I did nothing wrong,” Donald Trump was unexpectedly granted a brief address to a New York judge Thursday at the conclusion of a civil fraud case that threatened his business empire, declaring: “I did nothing wrong.” The dramatic moment comes as three Trump lawyers each make their final pitch to Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur […]

Civil rights organizations slam Musk over diversity tweets

A major civil rights organization in the country has called on tech billionaire Elon Musk to link the safety scandal that led to the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes to diversity hiring efforts. Two went after Elon Musk on Wednesday. Dozens of 737 Max 9 planes have been grounded since Friday after a […]

Judge blocks Trump from making his own closing statement in NYC civil fraud trial

Donald Trump will not give his own closing argument in his New York civil business fraud trial after his lawyers objected to the judge's insistence that the former president stick to “relevant” issues. Judge Arthur Engoron revoked the permit Wednesday, a day before closing arguments in the trial. The case could result in Trump being […]

Trump planning to deliver closing argument in civil fraud trial: Reports

Former President Trump is scheduled to make his closing argument this week in a massive fraud trial in New York that threatens his business empire, according to multiple reports. Mr. Trump, the Trump Organization, and several executives, including his adult son, are accused in a New York state court of falsely altering the value of […]