Since coming into the White House last January, the Donald Trump administration has been cracking down on initiatives for diversity, equity, and inclusion across nonprofit, public, and private sectors ...

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On Tuesday, 153 of the most prominent journalists, authors, and writers, including J. K. Rowling, Malcolm Gladwell, and David Brooks, published an open call for civility in Harper’s Magazine. They ...

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