• Trump Workplace Diversity Training Order Halted Nationwide

    A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on “divisive” workplace diversity training conducted by federal contractors, nonprofits, and other recipients of federal funding, while leaving in place the prohibition on U.S. agencies and the military educating personnel on issues like “White privilege.”

  • Juneteenth: A Time to Reflect

    Over the past several weeks, we have witnessed an uprising in our country against the systemic racism and oppression experienced by the Black community. Protests have rippled across the nation and the globe, loudly demanding basic human rights of justice and equality.

  • Supreme Court DACA Decision

    Earlier today, the United States Supreme Court released a historic decision to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). This is a profound victory for all the DACA recipients who contribute to our campus and to our communities every day.

  • No Room of One's Own

    Early journal submission data suggest COVID-19 is tanking women's research productivity.

  • Racists Can Be Nice — But Dangerous

    I have a hypothesis about bigotry. My colleagues in the civil rights movement might not like it. I share this conjecture, because I believe it should influence our advocacy against discrimination. My commitment remains the same, but my strategy has changed.

  • May and Tull Defend Diversity-Contribution Statements

    Chancellor Gary S. May and Vice Chancellor Renetta Garrison Tull wrote the following response to an opinion column published Dec. 20 by The Wall Street Journal, “The University’s New Loyalty Oath,” by Professor Abigail Thompson. The Wall Street Journal published an abbreviated version of this response today (Dec. 26).

  • Bias Response Teams

    Welcome to Speech Spotlight, a new initiative of the University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement. This initiative is intended to help members of higher education communities gain new insights into speech and civic engagement-related issues on university and college campuses.

  • Men, Women and Research ‘Self-Promotion’

    Men frame their research findings more positively than do women, finds a new study. Why does that matter, and how should science respond?

  • California’s ‘CROWN’ Act Follows Years of Academic Research

    As the nation celebrated The Fourth of July earlier this month, one state granted independence to its Black citizens who wear natural hairstyles such as Afros, braids, cornrows and dreads in the workplace and public schools.

  • The ‘Worst Semester on Record’ for White Supremacist Propaganda

    White supremacist propaganda continues to be a growing problem in higher education, with more incidents occurring on college campuses in spring 2019 than in any previous semester, according to a new report by ADL.