By Leia Green, City Co-Editor
• September 16, 2025
State officials pledged to protect diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from federal attacks Monday, Sept. 15, in a hearing at the Massachusetts Statehouse.
A senior lecturer at Wheelock College of Education and Development, Raul Fernandez teaches classes about improving diversity programs in education. But his work at BU and the future of DEI programs across the country is uncertain.
By Emma Clement, Graphics Editor & Layout Co-Editor
• April 11, 2025
In an April 3 U.S. Department of Education letter, states were given 10 days to slash all DEI programs in K-12 schools or risk losing federal funding under the justification that DEI programs violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. On April 8, an extension until April 24 was granted.
As soon as the curtains pulled back and the set pieces rolled in, I was amazed by the level of detail that went into the set. The smoky cigarettes that nearly every performer totes around the stage add another layer of sensory detail that brings you physically into the world the show is recreating.
A 40-day consumer boycott on Target began Wednesday, led by activists and faith leaders in response to the company’s recent shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
The United States Department of Education announced in a Feb. 14 letter that schools had until Feb. 28 to cease all efforts considering race in decisions pertaining to scholarships, hiring, administrative support and more, threatening a potential loss of federal funding to institutions that do not comply.
By Lauren Albano, Editor-in-Chief
• February 28, 2025
Donations made by the Musk Foundation to a BU rocketry team uncovered by The Daily Free Press are igniting debates over private donorship and revealing intra-University tensions over the funding it receives.
We instead must find authenticity in our narratives, instead of scraping for diversity that never even existed. Maybe then — finally — we can believe equality is more than a political agenda.
Ibram X. Kendi, author, activist and founder of the BU Center for Antiracist Research, is leaving BU after five years, and CAR will close June 30 when its charter with the University expires, according to a Jan. 30 announcement.
President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders limiting gender recognition and dismantling Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs cause mixed reactions from students, Boston schools and advocacy groups.
