How the Push for Diversity at Colleges and Companies Came Under Siege
The management philosophy known as DEI, which had gathered momentum since 2020, has been under siege over the past year...
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WSJ News Exclusive | Activision Blizzard to Pay More Than $50 Million to Settle Lawsuit That Spurred Microsoft’s Takeover
Updated Dec. 15, 2023 10:35 pm ETActivision Blizzard has agreed to pay more than $50 million to settle a high-profile...
‘Digital Discrimination’ in the Crosshairs of New FCC Rule
Updated Nov. 15, 2023 11:59 am ETWASHINGTON—Internet service providers will have their business practices scrutinized for “digital discrimination” based on...
WSJ News Exclusive | Apple’s Latest China Challenge: A Crackdown That Could Shrink Its App Store
Country’s push to register foreign apps threatens to remove Facebook, Instagram and X from iPhone App Store in China. Source...
Inside Musk’s Twitter Transformation: Impulsive Decisions, Favors for Friends
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Elon Musk’s X Sues Nonprofit That Accused It of Allowing Hate Speech
The social-media company alleges that the Center for Countering Digital Hate prepares its research using flawed methodologies to censor viewpoints...
WSJ News Exclusive | Jamie Dimon Says He Never Discussed Jeffrey Epstein’s Accounts at JPMorgan; Jes Staley Says Dimon Did
Updated May 31, 2023 6:19 pm ETA former top JPMorgan Chase executive said in legal documents that for years he...
Target Lands in Culture-War Crosshairs Over Pride Month
The retailer’s halt to its sale of some Gay Pride items fuels criticism it gave in to pressure from anti-LGBT...
How Bud Light Handled an Uproar Over a Promotion With a Transgender Advocate
Two executives have been put on leave, and sales of the No. 1 U.S. beer have declined in recent weeks....
Europe’s migration policies in chaos as arrivals surge | CNN
CNN — As a boat carrying 400 migrants drifted, out of fuel, along a perilous migration route in the central...
Iran executions up 75% as Tehran seeks to ‘instill fear’ in protesters, rights groups say | CNN
CNN — Iran executed at least 582 people last year, a 75% increase on the previous year, according to human...
Do Older Workers Work Harder? Some Bosses Think So
Kip Conforti is hiring for a part-time position at one of two package-shipping stations that he owns in Pennsylvania. He’s...
World Athletics regulations on transgender women athletes risk human rights violations, rights groups say | CNN
CNN — Trans rights advocates have warned sports governing bodies that “blanket bans” on transgender women from competing in women’s...
Torture, forced abortions and insects for food: Life inside North Korean jails, says this NGO | CNN
Seoul, South Korea CNN — Extrajudicial executions, rape, forced abortions, jail without trial, torture, starvation rations that leave prisoners so...
UN and US join chorus of condemnation against Uganda’s hardline anti-LGBT bill | CNN
CNN — The United Nations and United States on Wednesday added to international outrage over a hardline bill passed by...
Blinken accuses all sides in Ethiopian conflict of committing war crimes | CNN Politics
CNN — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the US has formally determined that armed forces on...
South Korean leader lands in Japan for first visit in 12 years for fence-mending summit | CNN
CNN — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived in Japan Thursday for a fence-mending summit, the first such visit...
After a tragic shipwreck, no peace for the dead or living | CNN
CNN — Two weeks after a boat packed with migrants sank off the coast of southern Italy, there is still...
US sanctions top Iranian officials over “serious” human rights abuses against women and girls in prisons | CNN Politics
Washington CNN — The Biden administration took action Wednesday against several Iranian officials and entities for committing human rights abuses...
Volkswagen’s Xinjiang Plant Is No Longer Making Cars Amid Human-Rights Concerns
A visit to the factory by the German car maker’s China head reignites criticism over its presence in a region...
