WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 16, 2026: * * * Justice Department Announces Completion of Compliance Review After Illinois Removes Unlawful DEI Criteria from Loan Repayment Program Today, the Justice Department announced that it has closed a compliance review of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI). The Department opened this review based on a provision of  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on April 14, 2026, by senior fellow Kali Fontanilla: * * * The DEI nonprofit that enforces the NFL's "Rooney Rule" The little-known Fritz Pollard Alliance acts as the diversity auditor for pro football front offices and coaching hires. "If the negro cannot stand on his own legs, let him fall... All I ask is, give him a chance to stand on his own legs! Let him alone!" * These words from Frederick Douglass we more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 17 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on April 16, 2026, by policy fellow Matt Dean: * * * HCMC experiencing classic case of 'Go Woke, Go Broke' Cutting Hennepin County's $50 million DEI budget would balance hospital budget * Hospitals are inherently -- and often unempathetically -- rational. A physician without common sense is dangerous to more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 14 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Victory! Kansas Ends Mandatory DEI in Higher Ed * Lawmakers in Kansas struck a blow against the discriminatory ideology of "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) by ending required DEI indoctrination in the curricula of public universities. Kansas becomes the second state to enact legislation modeled after the Goldwater Institute's Freedom from Indoctrination Act, a powerful reform  more PR